Alexander von Humboldt: A Metabiography - Couverture souple

Rupke, Nicolaas A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226731499 ISBN 13 : 9780226731490

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2008

Synopsis

Alexander Von Humboldt Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is famous for his work in physical geography, botanical geography, and climatology, and his role as a popularizer of the sciences. This volume traces Humboldt's biographical identities through Germany's collective past to shed light on the historical instability of our scientists. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) is one of the most celebrated figures of late-modern science, famous for his work in physical geography, botanical geography, and climatology, and his role as one of the first great popularizers of the sciences. His momentous accomplishments have intrigued German biographers from the Prussian era to the fall of the Berlin wall, all of whom configured and reconfigured Humboldt’s life according to the sensibilities of the day.
This volume, the first metabiography of the great scientist, traces Humboldt’s biographical identities through Germany’s collective past to shed light on the historical instability of our scientific heroes.
 
“Rupke’s study . . . will doubtless become a standard reference for the Humboldt industry and for writers of scientific metabiographies to come.”— Isis
 
“Engaging. . . . Rupke’s meticulous analysis is fascinating on many scores.”— Times Higher Education Supplement (UK)
 
“A study borne of considerable scholarship and one with important methodological implications for historians of geography.”—Charles W. J. Withers, Progress in Human Geography    

Biographie de l'auteur :

Nicolaas A. Rupke is professor of the history of science and director of the Institute for the History of Science at Göttingen, Germany. He is the author of several books, including Richard Owen: Victorian Naturalist.   

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0226731499
• ISBN 13: 9780226731490
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 316