Alexander Von Humboldt - A Concise Biography

An engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von Humboldt.

About the author

Andreas W. Daum is professor of history at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo and a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award. He is the author of Kennedy in Berlin and Popularizing Science in the Nineteenth Century (in German), among others.

Summary

An engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von Humboldt.

Additional text

"The key virtue of this biography is its concision, and Daum does an admirable job of sorting through Humboldt’s numerous contradictions. . . . This gets the job done."

Product details

• Authors: Andreas W. Daum, Daum Andreas W.
• Assisted by: Robert Savage (Translation), Savage Robert (Translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2024
• EAN: 9780691247366
• ISBN: 978-0-691-24736-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: general, SCIENCE / History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Science, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Biography: adventurers and explorers