🧬⚛️ “Science does not demystify the world—it makes it more mysterious.”
In our new Zoomposium, we speak with science historian and science communicator Ernst Peter Fischer about a fascinating thesis: 👉 Modern science has become romantic. What sounds paradoxical at first opens up a completely new perspective on quantum physics, genetics, and the limits of scientific knowledge. Between DNA, quantum leaps, Goethe, and Heisenberg, a science emerges that not only explains but also inspires wonder. 🔬 Topics of discussion: • The romantic dimension of science • Mutation, DNA, and the creative power of scientific models • Rosalind Franklin, Watson & Crick • Goethe and the “primordial plant” as a precursor to genetic thinking • Quantum mechanics and the limits of objectivity • Heisenberg, Heligoland 1925, and wave-particle duality • Science between precision, metaphor, and mystery • Why describing nature may be more honest than “explaining” it 💡 An exciting journey through the history of science, philosophy, and epistemology—between rationality and romanticism, formula and imagination.
📎Information: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2026/05/10/romantische-revolution/
🎥 Interview: https://youtu.be/PlXoYAQ8xV8