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03683aam a22004578i 4500 001 2DF3764CC93111E88539171297128E48 003 SILO 005 20181006010511 008 180907s2018 nyu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2018038564 020 $a 1101908076 : HRD 020 $a 9781101908075 : HRD 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a QH45 $b .H8513 2018 082 00 $a 398.8 $2 23 100 1 $a Humboldt, Alexander von, $d 1769-1859. 240 10 $a Works. $k Selections. $l English. $f 2018 245 10 $a Selected writings / $c by Alexander von Humboldt ; edited and introduced by Andrea Wulf. 263 $a 1811 264 1 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2018. 300 $a pages cm. 490 0 $a Everyman's library 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Select Bibliography -- Chronology -- A Note on the Text -- From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent (1814-29) -- From Essay on the Geography of Plants (1807) -- From Views of Nature (1849) -- From Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (1810-13) -- From Political Essay on the Island of Cuba (1826) -- From Cosmos. Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (1845-61) --Index. 520 $a "A new hardcover selection of the best writings of the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world. Selected and introduced by Andrea Wulf. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing volcanoes in the Andes, racing through anthrax-infected Siberia, or publishing groundbreaking best sellers. Ahead of his time, he recognized nature as an interdependent whole and he saw before anyone else that humankind was on a path to destroy it. His visits to the Americas led him to argue that the indigenous peoples possessed ancient cultures with sophisticated languages, architecture, and art, and his expedition to Cuba prompted him to denounce slavery as "the greatest evil ever to have afflicted humanity." To Humboldt, the melody of his prose was as important as its empirical content, and this selection from his most famous works--including Cosmos, Views of Nature, and Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, among others--allows us the pleasure of reading his own accounts of his daring explorations. Humboldt's writings profoundly influenced naturalists and poets including Darwin, Thoreau, Muir, Goethe, Wordsworth, and Whitman. The Selected Writingsis not only a tribute to Humboldt's important role in environmental history and science, but also to his ability to fashion powerfully poetic narratives out of scientific observations"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Natural history. 650 0 $a Natural history $z South America. 650 0 $a South America $x Description and travel. 650 0 $a Phytogeography. 650 0 $a Plant ecology. 650 0 $a Indians of South America $z Andes Region $x Antiquities. 650 0 $a Indians of Mexico $x Antiquities. 650 0 $a Slavery $z Cuba $x History. 650 0 $a Cosmography. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / General. $2 bisacsh 700 1 $a Wulf, Andrea, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006121655.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2DF3764CC93111E88539171297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search