Views of Nature, or Ansichten der Natur, was von Humboldt's best-known and most influential work--and his personal favorite. While the essays that comprise it are themselves remarkable as innovative, early pieces of nature writing--they were cited by Thoreau as a model for his own work--the book's extensive endnotes incorporate some of von Humboldt's most beautiful prose and mature thinking on vegetation structure, its origins in climate patterns, and its implications for the arts. Written for both a literary and a scientific audience, Views of Nature was translated into English (twice), Spanish, and French in the nineteenth century, and it was read widely in Europe and the Americas. But in contrast to many of von Humboldt's more technical works, Views of Nature has been unavailable in English for more than one hundred years. Largely neglected in the United States during the twentieth century, von Humboldt's contributions to the humanities and the sciences are now undergoing a revival to which this new translation will be a critical contribution.
Inhaltsangabe
Publisher's preface Author's preface to the first edition Author's preface to the second and third editions Summary of contents Steppes and deserts Cataracts of the Orinoco Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest Ideas for a physiognomy of plants On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the Earth Vital force, or the Rhodian genius The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes Index.
Publisher's preface Author's preface to the first edition Author's preface to the second and third editions Summary of contents Steppes and deserts Cataracts of the Orinoco Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest Ideas for a physiognomy of plants On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the Earth Vital force, or the Rhodian genius The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes Index.
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