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Charles Darwin called him "the greatest traveling scientist who
ever lived." Thomas Jefferson considered him "the most important
scientist whom I have met." He was German naturalist and explorer
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), and when he died, the entire
Western world mourned the loss of one of the most notable
scientists and popularizers of science of his day. His five-volume
masterwork, Kosmos, sought to unify humanity's understanding of the
natural world in the mid 19th century, and brought a modern
understanding of science to lay audiences for the first time. This
was the first comprehensive biography of the man and his work,
written to celebrate the centenary of his birth by German authors
ALFRED DOVE (1844-1916), JULIUS L WENBERG (1800-1893), and ROBERT
AV -LALLEMANT (1812-1884)-the latter himself an explorer-and first
published in English 1873. Though its subject was a private man
about whom some things shall never be known-he burned much of his
personal correspondence-these two volumes draw on firsthand
memories, von Humboldt's writings, and other primary sources to
create a dazzlingly engrossing portrait of the man who built the
foundations of modern science. Volume II covers von Humboldt's life
in Paris in the early 19th century and the stimulating intellectual
society that moved in there, as well as his sojourn in Berlin
during the political upheavals of the 1820s and 1830s and his
relationship with King Frederick William IV in the 1840s. It also
details the writing and publication of Kosmos.
Charles Darwin called him "the greatest traveling scientist who
ever lived." Thomas Jefferson considered him "the most important
scientist whom I have met." He was German naturalist and explorer
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), and when he died, the entire
Western world mourned the loss of one of the most notable
scientists and popularizers of science of his day. His five-volume
masterwork, Kosmos, sought to unify humanity's understanding of the
natural world in the mid 19th century, and brought a modern
understanding of science to lay audiences for the first time. This
was the first comprehensive biography of the man and his work,
written to celebrate the centenary of his birth by German authors
ALFRED DOVE (1844-1916), JULIUS LOWENBERG (1800-1893), and ROBERT
AVE-LALLEMANT (1812-1884)-the latter himself an explorer-and first
published in English 1873. Though its subject was a private man
about whom some things shall never be known-he burned much of his
personal correspondence-these two volumes draw on firsthand
memories, von Humboldt's writings, and other primary sources to
create a dazzlingly engrossing portrait of the man who built the
foundations of modern science. Volume I covers von Humboldt's youth
and young adulthood-from the significance of his name to his
schooling and university years to his first employment in the
mining industry-through his first travels in Russia and the New
World, including his expedition to the Orinoco, his visit to Cuba,
and his explorations in Mexico.
Charles Darwin called him "the greatest traveling scientist who
ever lived." Thomas Jefferson considered him "the most important
scientist whom I have met." He was German naturalist and explorer
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), and when he died, the entire
Western world mourned the loss of one of the most notable
scientists and popularizers of science of his day. His five-volume
masterwork, Kosmos, sought to unify humanity's understanding of the
natural world in the mid 19th century, and brought a modern
understanding of science to lay audiences for the first time. This
was the first comprehensive biography of the man and his work,
written to celebrate the centenary of his birth by German authors
ALFRED DOVE (1844-1916), JULIUS L WENBERG (1800-1893), and ROBERT
AV -LALLEMANT (1812-1884)-the latter himself an explorer-and first
published in English 1873. Though its subject was a private man
about whom some things shall never be known-he burned much of his
personal correspondence-these two volumes draw on firsthand
memories, von Humboldt's writings, and other primary sources to
create a dazzlingly engrossing portrait of the man who built the
foundations of modern science. Volume II covers von Humboldt's life
in Paris in the early 19th century and the stimulating intellectual
society that moved in there, as well as his sojourn in Berlin
during the political upheavals of the 1820s and 1830s and his
relationship with King Frederick William IV in the 1840s. It also
details the writing and publication of Kosmos.
Charles Darwin called him "the greatest traveling scientist who
ever lived." Thomas Jefferson considered him "the most important
scientist whom I have met." He was German naturalist and explorer
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), and when he died, the entire
Western world mourned the loss of one of the most notable
scientists and popularizers of science of his day. His five-volume
masterwork, Kosmos, sought to unify humanity's understanding of the
natural world in the mid 19th century, and brought a modern
understanding of science to lay audiences for the first time. This
was the first comprehensive biography of the man and his work,
written to celebrate the centenary of his birth by German authors
ALFRED DOVE (1844-1916), JULIUS LOWENBERG (1800-1893), and ROBERT
AVE-LALLEMANT (1812-1884)-the latter himself an explorer-and first
published in English 1873. Though its subject was a private man
about whom some things shall never be known-he burned much of his
personal correspondence-these two volumes draw on firsthand
memories, von Humboldt's writings, and other primary sources to
create a dazzlingly engrossing portrait of the man who built the
foundations of modern science. Volume I covers von Humboldt's youth
and young adulthood-from the significance of his name to his
schooling and university years to his first employment in the
mining industry-through his first travels in Russia and the New
World, including his expedition to the Orinoco, his visit to Cuba,
and his explorations in Mexico.
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