Humboldt

Author : Andrea Wulf
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780345806291

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The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. "Vivid and exciting.... Wulf’s pulsating account brings this dazzling figure back into a dazzling, much-deserved focus.” —The Boston Globe Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was the most famous scientist of his age, a visionary German naturalist and polymath whose discoveries forever changed the way we understand the natural world. Among his most revolutionary ideas was a radical conception of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. In North America, Humboldt’s name still graces towns, counties, parks, bays, lakes, mountains, and a river. And yet the man has been all but forgotten. In this illuminating biography, Andrea Wulf brings Humboldt’s extraordinary life back into focus: his prediction of human-induced climate change; his daring expeditions to the highest peaks of South America and to the anthrax-infected steppes of Siberia; his relationships with iconic figures, including Simón Bolívar and Thomas Jefferson; and the lasting influence of his writings on Darwin, Wordsworth, Goethe, Muir, Thoreau, and many others. Brilliantly researched and stunningly written, The Invention of Nature reveals the myriad ways in which Humboldt’s ideas form the foundation of modern environmentalism—and reminds us why they are as prescient and vital as ever.

Author : Emily Brady
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781455506774

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Humboldt by Emily Brady Pdf

In the vein of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and Deborah Feldman's Unorthodox, journalist Emily Brady journeys into a secretive subculture--one that marijuana built. Say the words "Humboldt County" to a stranger and you might receive a knowing grin. The name is infamous, and yet the place, and its inhabitants, have been nearly impenetrable. Until now. Humboldt is a narrative exploration of an insular community in Northern California, which for nearly 40 years has existed primarily on the cultivation and sale of marijuana. It's a place where business is done with thick wads of cash and savings are buried in the backyard. In Humboldt County, marijuana supports everything from fire departments to schools, but it comes with a heavy price. As legalization looms, the community stands at a crossroads and its inhabitants are deeply divided on the issue--some want to claim their rightful heritage as master growers and have their livelihood legitimized, others want to continue reaping the inflated profits of the black market. Emily Brady spent a year living with the highly secretive residents of Humboldt County, and her cast of eccentric, intimately drawn characters take us into a fascinating, alternate universe. It's the story of a small town that became dependent on a forbidden plant, and of how everything is changing as marijuana goes mainstream.

Author : Andrea Wulf
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781524747374

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The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt by Andrea Wulf Pdf

A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, comes a breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt's five year expedition in South America. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, but his most revolutionary idea was a radical vision of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. His theories and ideas were profoundly influenced by a five-year exploration of South America. Now Andrea Wulf partners with artist Lillian Melcher to bring this daring expedition to life, complete with excerpts from Humboldt's own diaries, atlases, and publications. She gives us an intimate portrait of the man who predicted human-induced climate change, fashioned poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and influenced iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, and John Muir. This gorgeous account of the expedition not only shows how Humboldt honed his groundbreaking understanding of the natural world but also illuminates the man and his passions.

Author : Eleanor Jones Harvey
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691200804

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Alexander Von Humboldt and the United States by Eleanor Jones Harvey Pdf

The enduring influence of naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt on American art, culture, and politics Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was one of the most influential scientists and thinkers of his age. A Prussian-born geographer, naturalist, explorer, and illustrator, he was a prolific writer whose books graced the shelves of American artists, scientists, philosophers, and politicians. Humboldt visited the United States for six weeks in 1804, engaging in a lively exchange of ideas with such figures as Thomas Jefferson and the painter Charles Willson Peale. It was perhaps the most consequential visit by a European traveler in the young nation's history, one that helped to shape an emerging American identity grounded in the natural world. In this beautifully illustrated book, Eleanor Jones Harvey examines how Humboldt left a lasting impression on American visual arts, sciences, literature, and politics. She shows how he inspired a network of like-minded individuals who would go on to embrace the spirit of exploration, decry slavery, advocate for the welfare of Native Americans, and extol America's wilderness as a signature component of the nation's sense of self. Harvey traces how Humboldt's ideas influenced the transcendentalists and the landscape painters of the Hudson River School, and laid the foundations for the Smithsonian Institution, the Sierra Club, and the National Park Service. Alexander von Humboldt and the United States looks at paintings, sculptures, maps, and artifacts, and features works by leading American artists such as Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Frederic Church, and Samuel F. B. Morse. Published in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC Exhibition Schedule Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC September 18, 2020–January 3, 2021

Author : Vera Kutzinski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317977513

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Alexander von Humboldt's Transatlantic Personae by Vera Kutzinski Pdf

Who was Alexander von Humboldt? Was he really a lone genius? Was he another European apologist for colonialism in the Americas or the father of Latin American independence? Was he a roving Romanticist, or did his sensibilities belong to the Enlightenment? Naturalist, philosopher, historian, and proto-sociologist--to name just some of the fields to which he contributed--, Humboldt is impossible to contain in a single identity or definition. His voluminous writings range across so many different fields of knowledge that his scholarly-scientific personae multiplied even during his lifetime, and they have continued to proliferate since his death in 1859. A household word throughout the nineteenth century, Humboldt was eventually eclipsed by Charles Darwin (whose own travels had been motivated by Humboldt’s) and disappeared from view for much of the twentieth century, notably in the United States. The essays in this collection testify to the renewed interest that Alexander von Humboldt’s multi-faceted work is inspiring in the twenty-first century, especially among cultural and literary historians from both sides of the Atlantic. This book was originally published as a special issue of Atlantic Studies.

Author : Kaleb Dahlgren
Publisher : Collins
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1443462888

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Crossroads by Kaleb Dahlgren Pdf

The Instant #1 National Bestseller--Now in Paperback On April 6, 2018, sixteen people died and thirteen others were injured when a bus taking the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team to a playoff game collided with a transport truck at a rural intersection in Saskatchewan. The tragedy moved millions of people to leave hockey sticks by their front doors to show sympathy and support for the Broncos. And people from more than eighty countries pledged millions of dollars to families that had been directly affected by the accident. Crossroads is the story of Kaleb Dahlgren, a young man who survived the bus crash and faced life after the accident with positivity and grit. In this chronicle of his time with the Broncos and in the loving community of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Dahlgren takes a hard look at his experience of unprecedented loss yet also revels in the overwhelming response and outpouring of love from across Canada and around the world. But this book also goes much deeper, revealing the adversity Dahlgren faced long before his time in Humboldt and his inspiring journey since the accident. From a childhood spent learning to live with type 1 diabetes, to a remarkable recovery from severe brain trauma that astounded medical professionals, Dahlgren documents a life of perseverance, gratitude and hope in the wake of enormous obstacles and life-altering tragedy.

Author : Roger A. Barnhart,Milton J. Boyd,John E. Pequegnat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Ecology
ISBN : PURD:32754063460988

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The Ecology of Humboldt Bay, California by Roger A. Barnhart,Milton J. Boyd,John E. Pequegnat Pdf

Author : Myron Echenberg
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780773549425

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Humboldt's Mexico by Myron Echenberg Pdf

The incalculable influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) on biology, botany, geology, and meteorology deservedly earned him the reputation as the world’s most illustrious scientist before Charles Darwin. Humboldt’s breath-taking explorations of Mexico and South America from 1799 to 1804 are akin to Europe’s second “discovery” of the New World – this time, a scientific one. His Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain is a foundational document about Mexico and its cultures and is still widely consulted by anthropologists, geographers, and historians. In Humboldt’s Mexico, Myron Echenberg presents a straightforward guide with historical and cultural context to Humboldt’s travels in Mexico. Humboldt packed a lifetime of scientific studies into one daunting year, and soon after published a four-volume account of his findings. His adventures range widely from inspections of colonial silver mines and hikes to the summits of volcanoes to meticulous examination of secret Spanish colonial archives in Mexico City and scientific discussions of archaeological sites of pre-Hispanic Indigenous cultures. Echenberg traces Humboldt’s journey, as described in his publications, his diary, and other writings, across the heartland of Mexico, while also pursuing Humboldt’s life, his science, his experiences, his influence on scholars of his time and after, and the various efforts by others to honour and at times to denigrate his legacy. Part history, part travelogue, and always highly readable and informative, Humboldt’s Mexico is an engaging account of a gifted scientist and visionary that ranges across topics as diverse and broad as natural history was in his era.

Author : Glen William Hess
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Humboldt River (Nev.)
ISBN : UCR:31210016397521

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Simulation of streamflow, middle Humboldt River, north-central Nevada by Glen William Hess Pdf

Author : Nicolaas A. Rupke
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226731490

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Alexander Von Humboldt by Nicolaas A. Rupke Pdf

Alexander von Humboldt is one of the most celebrated figures of late-modern science, famous for his work in physical geography, botanical geography and climatology. This volume traces Humboldt's biographical identities through Germany's collective past to shed light on the historical instability of our scientific heroes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Humboldt River Watershed (Nev.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112051009824

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Water and Related Land Resources, Humboldt River Basin, Nevada by Anonim Pdf

Author : Martin L. Manchester
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789027279514

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The Philosophical Foundations of Humboldt's Linguistic Doctrines by Martin L. Manchester Pdf

Wilhelm von Humboldt’s writings on language are a mixture of philosophical theorizing about mind and language on the one hand, and on the other hand, specialized studies of the most detailed sort of both the classical languages and languages which only in Humboldt’s day were becoming known to European scholars, such as Sanskrit, Chinese, and native north and south American languages. This book endeavors to show that Humboldt’s work on language is a coherent system of thought; to recapture and expose the systematic structure of assumption, hypothesis, argument and conclusion; and to assign many of the specific themes in his writing to a place within this structure.

Author : Mary E. Manning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Government publications
ISBN : MINN:31951D01372938L

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Riparian Community Type Classification for Humboldt and Toiyabe National Forests, Nevada and Eastern California by Mary E. Manning Pdf

Author : United States. Engineers Corps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211190058

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Humboldt Bay (Buhne Point), California, Beach Erosiion Control Study by United States. Engineers Corps Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Eureka (Calif.)
ISBN : CORNELL:31924004628537

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Review of Reports on Humboldt Harbor and Bay, California, for Navigation by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Pdf