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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1101908076
ISBN-13
9781101908075
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242960925
Product Key Features
Book Title
Selected Writings of Alexander Von Humboldt : Edited and Introduced by Andrea Wulf
Number of Pages
840 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Adventurers & Explorers, Ecosystems & Habitats / General, Expeditions & Discoveries, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
30.1 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-038564
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
398.8
Table Of Content
Introduction Select Bibliography Chronology A Note on the Text From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent (1814-29) From Essay on the Geography of Plants (1807) From Views of Nature (1849) From Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (1810-13) From Political Essay on the Island of Cuba (1826) From Cosmos. Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (1845-61) Index
Synopsis
A new hardcover selection of the best writings of the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world. Selected and introduced by Andrea Wulf. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing volcanoes in the Andes, racing through anthrax-infected Siberia, or publishing groundbreaking bestsellers. Ahead of his time, he recognized nature as an interdependent whole and he saw before anyone else that humankind was on a path to destroy it. His visits to the Americas led him to argue that the indigenous peoples possessed ancient cultures with sophisticated languages, architecture, and art, and his expedition to Cuba prompted him to denounce slavery as "the greatest evil ever to have afflicted humanity." To Humboldt, the melody of his prose was as important as its empirical content, and this selection from his most famous works--including Cosmos, Views of Nature, and Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, among others--allows us the pleasure of reading his own accounts of his daring explorations. Humboldt's writings profoundly influenced naturalists and poets including Darwin, Thoreau, Muir, Goethe, Wordsworth, and Whitman. The Selected Writings is not only a tribute to Humboldt's important role in environmental history and science, but also to his ability to fashion powerfully poetic narratives out of scientific observations.
LC Classification Number
QH45.H8513 2018
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