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An important new biography of the scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, based on the most recent research and scholarship.
Inspired by the life and times of Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859 , this biography follows Humboldt, who is considered the father of the Natural Sciences and in his day was as well known as Napoleon, and traces his childhood in what was then Prussia, his education at various Universities his training as a mining engineer and how he progressed into the sciences. Duringing the Age of Enlightenment, Humboldts journey to South America between 1799 and 1804 with Aime Bonpland, changed the course of both their lives and during this period of exploration, they sent back to Paris and Berlin some 6000 samples of new species, minerals and animals. En route the scientists collected a mass of detailed information - cartographical, geological, astronomical, botanical, anthropological and linguistic - that took a life time to decipher.
Inspired by the life and times of Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859 , this biography follows Humboldt, who is considered the father of the Natural Sciences and in his day was as well known as Napoleon, and traces his childhood in what was then Prussia, his education at various Universities his training as a mining engineer and how he progressed into the sciences. Duringing the Age of Enlightenment, Humboldts journey to South America between 1799 and 1804 with Aime Bonpland, changed the course of both their lives and during this period of exploration, they sent back to Paris and Berlin some 6000 samples of new species, minerals and animals. En route the scientists collected a mass of detailed information - cartographical, geological, astronomical, botanical, anthropological and linguistic - that took a life time to decipher.
Price: $40.95
Pages: 242
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Lutterworth Press
Publication Date:
26 November 2010
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9780718892319
Format: Paperback
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Introduction
1. Growing up in Prussia
2. The Makings of a Scientist in the Age of the 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
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Introduction
1. Growing up in Prussia
2. The Makings of a Scientist in the Age of the 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