Rudolf Steiner went to Weimar to edit the scientific writings of Goethe for the Kürschner edition of the “German National Literature.” Along with sorting and arranging Goethe's works, Steiner wrote introductions and commentaries that have been collected and published in English translation under the titles Goethe the Scientist, Goethean Science or Nature's Open Secret. Originally published in German as, Einleitung Zu Goethes Naturwissenschaftliche Schriften.

Chapter titles:
    Introduction,
    How Goethe's Theory of Metamorphosis Arose,
    How Goethe's Thoughts on the Development of the Animals Arose,
    The Nature and Significance of Goethe's Writings on Organic Morphology,
    Concluding Remarks on Goethe's Morphological Views,
    Goethe's Way of Knowledge,
    The Arrangement of Goethe's Natural-scientific Writings,
    From Art to Science,
    Goethe's Epistemology,
    Knowing and Human Action in the Light of Goethean Way of Thinking,
    Relationship of the Goethean Way of Thinking to Other Views,
    Goethe and Mathematics,
    Goethe's Basic Geological Principle,
    Goethe's Meteorological Conceptions,
    Goethe and Natural-scientific Illusionism,
    Goethe as Thinker and Investigator,
    Goethe Against Atomism,
    Goethe's World View in his "Aphorisms in Prose."

Known Publications:

• Einleitung zu Goethes Naturwissenschaftliche Schriften, German language editions: 1883-97, 1926, 1949, 1973, 1975, 1987. ISBN 3-7274-5180-7,
• Goethe the Scientist, Anthroposophic Press, New York, N. Y., 1950, 280 pp., translated from the German edition of 1926 by Olin D. Wannamaker
• Goethean Science, Mercury Press, Spring Valley, N. Y., 1988, 277 pp., translated from the German by William Lindeman, ISBN 0-936132-92-2, Paperback
• Nature's Open Secret, Anthroposophic Press, Hudson, N. Y., 2000, 320 pp., translated from the German by John Barnes and Mado Spiegler, ISBN 0-88010-393-0,