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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : McCrory, Donald
Titre(s) : Nature's interpreter [Texte imprimé] : the life and times of Alexander von Humboldt / Donald McCrory
Publication : Cambridge (GB) : Lutterworth Press, 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (242 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Comprend : List of Illustrations -- ; Acknowledgements -- ; Prologue -- ; Introduction --1 ; Growing up in Prussia --2 ; The Makings of a Scientist in the Age of Enlightenment --3 ; Spain Supports Humboldt's Quest --4 ; The Adventure Begins --5 ; The Power and Fertility of Nature --6 ; Cuba, Chimborazo and the Incas --7 ; 'A microcosm in a leaf': Sojourn in Mexico --8 ; The Commitment to a Universal Science --9 ; From Paris to Berlin: The New Cultural Capital of Europe? --10 ; Russia and Siberia --11 ; The Challenges Posed by Cosmos --12 ; Humboldt: King of Collaborators --13 ; Criticism, Creation and the Creative Process --14 ; Humboldt as a Foreign Correspondent --15 ; The Final Years: 1849-1859 -- ; Epilogue -- ; Appendix: Chronology of the Life of Alexander von Humboldt -- ; Notes -- ; Select Bibliography -- ; Index.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index
Based upon the latest research and documentation Nature's Interpreter traces the life
and times of the scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), from his
childhood and early education in Prussia, his training as a mining engineer, his extensive
travels in South America, Russia and Siberia to his later scientific work and publications.
It brings out the outstanding contributions that Humboldt made to our knowledge of
the world in which we live ; When he was in the Americas Humboldt kept detailed diaries
of his experiences but he also included detailed information about botany, astronomy,
cartography, geology, anthropology and linguistics. He sent back to museums in Paris,
Berlin and Madrid some 6,000 new species of flora together with samples of rare rocks,
minerals and drawings. On returning to Paris he self-financed a series of publications
leading to his lifetime's work and masterpiece, Cosmos, which ran to five volumes
; Rightly considered the founding father of several scientific disciplines, Humboldt,
in his day, was as well-known as Napoleon; his contacts stretched from Paris to Peru,
Berlin to Boston. --Book Jacket
Sujet(s) : Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)
Naturalistes -- Prusse -- 19e siècle
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780718892319 (pbk.). - ISBN 0718892313 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43875216v
Notice n° :
FRBNF43875216
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