Summary:
Exploring a new way to understand the nature and movement of electric matter. Some life circumstances of James Cook. Mixed thoughts on aerostatic machines. On some important duties regarding the eyes. Why doesn't Germany have a large public seaside resort yet? The air bath. On the fear of thunderstorms and lightning rods. Nicolaus Copernicus. Reviews. Pamphlets: Timorus. Epistle to Tobias Göbhard. Notice in the name of Philadelphia. On physiognomy; against physiognomists. On the pronunciation of the creations. On the benefits that mathematics can bring to a witty mind. Proposal for an Orbis Pictus. The most gracious letter of the Earth to the Moon. Prof. Lichtenberg's response to the letter of an unnamed person. A simple yet authentic account of the curious floating batteries. Speech of the number 8 on the last day of the year 1798. That you would be on the Block Mountain. A word about the age of the guillotine. Some material for Monday devotions. Useful reflections for young scholars. On the power of love. To the Paraclete. Fragment on tails. Third epistle to Tobias Göbhard. To the readers of the German Museum. Against physiognomy. Report on the disputes arising from the treatise against physiognomists. For the Göttingen Museum. Various types of emotional states. Poems. Fables. G.C. Lichtenberg's detailed explanations of Hogarth's engravings: First delivery: roaming actresses. The punch society.
About the author:
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) is considered the founder of the German aphorism. He studied mathematics, natural history, and astronomy and became a professor at the University of Göttingen.