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Alexander von HumboldtEdward Sabine - Cosmos Polymath Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859), a self-described 'scientific traveller', was one of the most respected scientists of his time. Originating as…
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Alexander von HumboldtEdward Sabine - Cosmos
Polymath Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859), a self-described 'scientific traveller', was one of the most respected scientists of his time. Originating as lectures delivered in Berlin and Paris (1827 1828), his multi-volume Cosmos: Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (1845 1860) represented the culmination of his lifelong interest in understanding the physical world. Humboldt's wanderlust led him across Europe and to South America, Mexico, the U.S., and Russia, and his voyages and observations resulted in the discovery of many species previously unknown to Europeans.
As Humboldt writes, 'I ever desired to discern physical phenomena in their widest mutual connection, and to comprehend Nature as a whole, animated and moved by inward forces.' Volume 1 (1846) investigates celestial and terrestrial phenomena, from nebulae to the temperature of the earth, as well as 'organic
Alexander von Humboldt - Cosmos
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
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