Views of Nature

Or Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation

Auteurs

• Alexander von Humboldt

Paramètres

• Pages: 490 pages
• Temps de lecture: 18 heures

• La nature
• Nature, Animaux
• Nonfiction
• Philosophie
• Sciences naturelles

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This 1850 English translation presents engaging popular essays on geography and science, originally published 1808, in their third, 1849, edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Publisher's preface; Author's preface to the first edition; Author's preface to the second and third editions; Summary of contents; Steppes and deserts; Cataracts of the Orinoco; Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest; Ideas for a physiognomy of plants; On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the Earth; Vital force, or the Rhodian genius; The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes; Index.

Achat du livre

• Année de publication: 2011
• Reliure: (souple)