The Humboldt Current A European Explorer and His American Disciples |
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| Author:
| Sachs, Aaron |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-921519-5 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2007 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $66.32AUD $104.95 |
Book Description:
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While everyone has heard of the 'Humboldt Current', few know anything of the man after whom it was named. Yet Alexander von Humboldt was a towering figure of his time - scientist, explorer, and polymath, imbued with Enlightenment ideas. Aaron Sachs' colourful intellectual history rescues Humboldt from obscurity, and reveals the impact of a single European on both American thought and the environmental movement.
While everyone has heard of the 'Humboldt Current', few know anything of the man after whom it was named. Yet Alexander von Humboldt was a towering figure of his time - scientist, explorer, and polymath, imbued with Enlightenment ideas. Aaron Sachs' colourful intellectual history rescues Humboldt from obscurity, and reveals the impact of a single European on both American thought and the environmental movement.