The Greatest German Technical Books of All Time

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
315 Relativity Albert Einstein 1916 German German
328 Das Kapital Karl Marx 1867 German German
458 Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1781 German German
870 Economy and Society Max Weber 1922 German German
1041 On War Carl Von Clausewitz 1832 German German
2563 The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology Edmund Husserl 1936 German German
2634 Logical Investigations Edmund Husserl 1900 German German
2796 The Theory Of Communicative Action Jürgen Habermas 1981 German German
3638 Architecture Walter Gropius 1935 German German
3638 New Astronomy Johannes Kepler 1609 German Latin
4856 The Biology Of Human Behavior Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1970 German German
4864 The Foundations Of Arithmetic Gottlob Frege 1884 German German
4864 Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers Max Planck 1922 German German
5936 Der Bedrohte Friede Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker 1982 German German
6379 über Den Zwischenkiefer Der Menschen Und Der Tiere Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1820 German German
6655 Organon Of The Rational Art Of Healing Samuel Hahnemann 1989 German German
9146 Physics In My Generation Max Born 1968 German English
10305 The Dancing Bees Karl von Frisch 1953 German German
10305 Perspective As Symbolic Form Erwin Panofsky 1927 German German
10396 Essays On Music Theodor Adorno 2002 German English
15898 Uncertainty Principle Werner Heisenberg 1927 German Unknown
15898 The Apriori Foundations Of The Civil Law Adolf Reinach 1913 German German
16501 Science Of Logic G. W. F. Hegel 1812 German German