Views of Nature

Informationen zum Autor Stephen T. Jackson is professor emeritus of botany and ecology at the University of Wyoming. He lives in Tucson! AZ. Laura Dassow Walls is the William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. She lives in Granger! IN. Mark W. Person is associate academic professional lecturer in German in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and director of the language lab at the University of Wyoming. He lives in Laramie! WY. Klappentext Alexander von Humboldt s "Views of Nature" was his best-known work in the 19th Century. Written for both a literary and scientific audience, it was Humboldt s personal favorite among his numerous volumes. It was translated into English (twice) and French in the mid-19th Century, and was read widely in Europe and the Americas, influencing artists, poets, essayists, novelists, and scientists alike. The English versions of Ansichten have been out of print since the late 19th Century, in contrast to many of Humboldt s more technical works (e.g., Cosmos, Personal Narrative, Essay on the Geography of Plants, Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain). Humboldt s contributions to the humanities and the sciences, largely neglected in the U.S. for the past century, are undergoing a revival and this book represents a critical contribution in this context. For example, the book s extensive footnotes incorporate some of Humboldt s most mature thinking about vegetation structure, its origins in climate patterns, and its implications for the visual and written arts. The main essays are remarkable in their own right as influential and innovative works in the tradition of Anglo-American nature writing, and were cited by Thoreau as a model for his own work." Zusammenfassung The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799-1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aime Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century. This book features his influential work - and his personal favorite. ...

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• Authors: Alexander von Humboldt, Stephen T. Jackson, Jackson Stephen T., Mark W. Person, Person Mark W., Alexander von Humboldt, Alexander Jackson Von Humboldt, Laura Dassow Walls, Walls Laura Dassow
• Assisted by: Stephen T. Jackson (Editor), Laura Dassow Walls (Editor), Mark W. Person (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.2014
• EAN: 9780226923185
• ISBN: 978-0-226-92318-5
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Natur, Die Natur: Sachbuch, NATURE / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, HISTORY / General, SCIENCE / History, Biogeographie, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, natural history, NA - Nature, History of Science, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Biogeography