The Invention of Nature : : Alexander von Humboldt's new World
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"THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK"--T.p. verso.
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 : Simón Bolívar 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. Humbolt'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.
A portrait of the German naturalist reveals his ongoing influence on humanity's relationship with the natural world today, discussing such topics as his views on climate change, conservation, and nature as a resource for all life.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Year Published: 2015
Description: xix, 473 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780385350662
038535066X
SUBJECTS
Humboldt, Alexander von, -- 1769-1859.
Scientists -- Germany -- Biography.
Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography.