Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären, known in English as Metamorphosis of Plants, was published by German poet and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1790. In this work, Goethe essentially discovered the homologous nature of leaf organs in plants, from cotyledons, to photosynthetic leaves, to the …

Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, or the Renunciants, is the fourth novel by German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and the sequel to the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. Though initially conceived during the 1790s, the first edition did not appear until 1821, and the second edition—differing …