The private library of Wilhelm Ostwald in Großbothen
March 30th, 2008 by thapke
Ostwald’s private library in Großbothen, Saxony – itself a symbol of harmony and order!
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The philosophy of nature
March 20th, 2008 by thapke
The search for harmony and order in combination with Ostwald’s energetic imperative (“Do not waste energy, but convert it into a more useful form”) was a foundation of his activities in the organization of scholarly communication, in the system of scholarly disciplines itself, in colors and forms. He proposed a “science of order” as the […]
Theory of forms
March 10th, 2008 by thapke
In connection with his color theory Ostwald was also engaged in the “harmony of forms”. Using the rules he developed Ostwald created ornaments and new forms “according the laws of combinatorics” which were “all beautiful, without any exception”! Wilhelm Ostwald, Die Welt der Formen : Entwicklung und Ordnung der gesetzlich schönen Gebilde (Leipzig 1922). Wilhelm […]