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Nature's Interpreter
Donald McCrory
其他書名
The Life and Times of Alexander von Humboldt
出版Lutterworth Press, 2010-11-26
主題Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
ISBN07188970059780718897000
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=M_mZEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Inspired by the life and times of Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859 , this biography follows Humboldt, who is considered the father of the Natural Sciences and in his day was as well known as Napoleon, and traces his childhood in what was then Prussia, his education at various Universities his training as a mining engineer and how he progressed into the sciences. Duringing the Age of Enlightenment, Humboldt's journey to South America between 1799 and 1804 with Aime Bonpland, changed the course of both their lives and during this period of exploration, they sent back to Paris and Berlin some 6000 samples of new species, minerals and animals. En route the scientists collected a mass of detailed information - cartographical, geological, astronomical, botanical, anthropological and linguistic - that took a life time to decipher.