The invention of nature : Alexander von Humboldt's new world /
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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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2015.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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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 : 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.