Introduction: Wolfgang Schirmacher

Translated by Virginia Cutrufelli

Natural History and Science

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT

Reflections on the Enjoyment Presented to Us by Nature

Translated by E.C. Otté

LORENZ OKEN

On the Utility of Natural History

Translated by Daniel Theisen

CARL RITTER

Attempt at a General Comparative Geography

Translated by Daniel Theisen

LEONHARD EULER

Of Mathematics in General

Translator unknown

KARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS

Foundations of Mathematics

Translated by G. Waldo Dunnington

JUSTUS VON LIEBIG

On the Study of the Natural Sciences

Translated by Daniel Theisen

ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO

A Survey of Botany and the Plant Kingdom

Translated by Daniel Theisen

CHRISTOPH VON HUFELAND

Duration of the Life of Plants

Translated by Erasmus Wilson

ALFRED E. BREHM

The Importance of Birds in the Economy of Nature

Translated by H.M. Labouchere and W. Jesse

RUDOLF VIRCHOW

The Task of the Natural Sciences

Translated by Daniel Theisen

PAUL EHRLICH

On Immunity with Special Reference to Cell Life

Translated by Charles Bolduan

HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ

The Physiological Causes of Harmony in Music

Translated by Russell Kahl

ADAM MÜLLER

On the Art of Listening

Translated by Dennis R. Bormann and Elisabeth Leinfellner

GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG

On Physiognomy

Translated by Daniel Theisen

Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

JOHANN HEINRICH PESTALOZZI

The Art of Human Education

Translated by Daniel Theisen

JOHANN JAKOB BACHOFEN

My Life in Retrospect

Translated by Ralph Manheim

LEOPOLD VON RANKE

History and Philosophy

Translated by Roger Wines

JACOB BURCKHARDT

On Fortune and Misfortune in History

Translated by James Nichols

RUDOLF VON IHERING

The Struggle for Law

Translated by John J. Taylor

FRIEDRICH CARL VON SAVIGNY

Origin of Positive Law

Translated by Abraham Hayward

CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ

On Military Genius

Translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret

Economy and Technology

FRIEDRICH LIST

Labor and the Division of Labor

Translated by Daniel Theisen

ERNST ABBE

Profit Sharing in Large Industry

Translated by Daniel Slager

JOSEPH VON FRAUNHOFER

Of the Refractive and the Dispersive Power of Glass

Translated by J.S. Ames

GOTTFRIED DAIMLER

On the Novelty of My Patent Number 28022: A Reply

Translated by Daniel Theisen

WERNER VON SIEMENS

Science, Technology, and Organization

Translator unknown

Biographies

Translated by Virginia Cutrufelli

Bibliography