Goethe’s Conundrum – Integrating Basalt into the Harmony of Nature Goethe’s lifelong interest in the origins of basalt motivated him to attempt a resolution of the Neptunist dispute, climb Vesuvius, and explore the Bohemian volcanics. He met Beethoven, faced down the formidable geologist Leopold von Buch, and fell in live one last, bittersweet time. To read the article click here