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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xix, 473 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
A portrait of the German naturalist reveals his ongoing influence on humanity's relationship with the natural world today, discussing such topics as his views on climate change, conservation, and nature as a resource for all life.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xi, 494 pages, 16 pages unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm.
Description
"When did we begin to be as self-centered as we are today? At what point did we expect to have the right to determine our own lives? When did we first ask the question, How can I be free? It all began in a quiet university town in Germany in the 1790s, when a group of playwrights, poets, and writers put the self at center stage in their thinking, their writing, and their lives. This brilliant circle included the famous poets Goethe, Schiller, and...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm
Description
"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...
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