Table of Contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Defining the questions of the Farbenlehre; 2. The Farbenlehre in its origin; 3. The problematics of Newton's theory of white light and colors; 4. Factuality, certainty, and the organization of science; 5. Goethe and the ethos of science; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.

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Sepper shows that the condemnation of Goethe's attacks on Newton has been based on erroneous assumptions about the history of Newton's theory.