German authors like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Hardenberg, known as Novalis, left behind important literary and scientific legacies that helped shape the way the world considers nature. Both of these authors have backgrounds in science – Goethe as someone who highly regarded scientific observation and study, especially in the field of botany, and Novalis as a scientist skilled in mineralogy, physics, chemistry, mathematics, and physiology – and their appreciation of science…