The invention of nature : The adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science /
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| Language: | English |
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London :
John Murray,
2016
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| Edition: | 1st pbk ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Departure: Emerging ideas. 1. Beginnings
- 2. Imagination and nature: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Humboldt
- 3. In search of a destination. Part II: Arrival: Collecting ideas. 4. South America
- 5. The Llanos and the Orinoco
- 6. Across the Andes
- 7. Chimborazo
- 8. Politics and nature: Thomas Jefferson and Humboldt. Part III: Return: Sorting ideas. 9. Europe
- 10. Berlin
- 11. Paris
- 12. Revolutions and nature: Simon Bolivar and Humboldt
- 13. London
- 14. Going in circles: Maladie Centrifuge. Part IV: Influence: Spreading ideas. 15. Return to Berlin
- 16. Russia
- 17. Evolution and nature: Charles Darwin and Humboldt
- 18. Humboldt's Cosmos
- 19. Poetry, science and nature: Henry David Thoreau and Humboldt. Part V: New worlds: Evolving ideas. 20. The greatest man since the deluge
- 21. Man and nature: George Perkins Marsh and Humboldt
- 22. Art, ecology and nature: Ernst Haeckel and Humboldt
- 23. Preservation and nature: John Muir and Humboldt.