![]() ![]() She discusses his prediction of human-induced climate change, and his ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation. Among Humboldt’s most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature, that it is a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone.Īndrea Wulf’s National Best Seller brings his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world. ![]() ![]() His life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infected Siberia or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science and thinking. In North America, his name still graces counties, towns, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains, yet few remember who he was. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. ![]()
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