The Unity of Physics and Poetry: H. C. Ørsted and the Aesthetics of Force Journal Article uri icon

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abstract

  • This article briefly outlines Ørsted's early aesthetic thought by placing it in the context of his affiliations with early; German romanticism, and by examining the poetics and philosophy of language contained in a prize-winning essay; on aesthetics that he wrote in 1796. Further, this article presents an example of how aesthetic and linguistic; strategies in his writing helped shape the meaning of the theoretical terms utilized in his early scientific work. Toward; this end, the focus of the article will be limited to a central passage from the first installment of his Kemiske Breve; (Chemical Letters), which he published in 1798 at the age of twenty-one.

publication date

  • October 1, 2008

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  • closed

Date in CU Experts

  • November 8, 2017 11:14 AM

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  • Wilson AD

author count

  • 1

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Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1086-3222

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 627

end page

  • 646

volume

  • 69

issue

  • 4