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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Wulf, Andrea.     Subjects     Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.     Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Travel -- Latin America.     Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography.     Geographers -- Germany -- Biography.     Scientists -- Germany -- Biography.     Explorers -- South America -- Biography.     Biogeography -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wulf, Andrea.       by title:      The invention of nat...       by call number:      508.092 H919w     Search the Web     Wulf, Andrea.     Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.     Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Travel -- Latin America.     Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography.     Geographers -- Germany -- Biography.     Scientists -- Germany -- Biography.     Explorers -- South America -- Biography.     Biogeography -- History.       MARC Display

The invention of nature : Alexander von Humboldt's new world / Andrea Wulf. by Wulf, Andrea. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Call #: 508.092 H919w Subjects Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.   Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Travel -- Latin America.   Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography.   Geographers -- Germany -- Biography.   Scientists -- Germany -- Biography.   Explorers -- South America -- Biography.   Biogeography -- History. ISBN:  9780385350662 (hc.) 038535066X (hc.) Alternate title:  Alexander von Humboldt's new world Edition:  First American edition. Description:  xix, 473 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-430) and index. Contents:  Part 1. Departure: Emerging ideas. Beginnings -- Imagination and nature: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Humboldt -- In search of a destination. -- Part 2. Arrival: Collecting ideas. South America -- The Llanos and the Orinoco -- Across the Andes -- Chimborazo -- Politics and nature: Thomas Jefferson and Humboldt. -- Part 3. Return: Sorting ideas. Europe -- Berlin -- Paris -- Revolutions and nature: Simon Bolivar and Humboldt -- London -- Going in circles: Maladie Centrifuge -- Part 4. Influence: Spreading ideas. Return to Berlin -- Russia -- Evolution and nature: Charles Darwin and Humboldt -- Humbolt's Cosmos -- Poetry, science and nature: Henry David Thoreau and Humboldt -- Part 5. New worlds: Evolving ideas. The greatest man since the deluge -- Man and nature: George Perkins Marsh and Humboldt -- Art, ecology and nature: Ernst Haeckel and Humboldt -- Preservation and nature: John Muir and Humboldt. Summary:  "Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), the intrepid explorer and visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world -- and in the process created modern environmentalism. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infected Siberia or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science and thinking. Among Humboldt’s most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature, that it is a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. The story of his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world and his discoveries of similarities between climate and vegetation zones on different continents. His prediction of human-induced climate change, his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar and Thomas Jefferson. How Humboldt's writings inspired other naturalists and poets such as Darwin, Wordsworth, and Goethe. The author makes the compelling case that it was Humboldt's influence that led John Muir to his ideas of natural preservation and that shaped Thoreau's Walden. Andrea Wulf shows the myriad fundamental ways in which Humboldt created our understanding of the natural world"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Biography 508.092 H919w Adult books Checked out Jul 13, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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