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Views of nature, Alexander von Humboldt ; translated by Mark W. Person ; edited by Stephen T. Jackson and Laura Dassow Walls

Editor's note -- Introduction: reclaiming consilience -- Translator's note -- Hamboldt's Ansichten der Natur measurement units -- Views of Nature -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second and third editions -- Concerning the steppes and deserts -- Concerning the waterfalls of the Orinoco near Atures and Maypures -- The nocturnal wildlife of the primeval forest -- Hypsometric addenda -- Ideas for a physiognomy of plants -- Concerning the structure and action of volcanoes in various regions of the Earth -- The life force, or the Rhodian genius -- The plateau of Cajamarca, the old residential city of the Inca Atahualpa; first sight of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes chain

Univ of Chicago Pr, Attn: John Kessler C/O Chicago Distribution Center 11030 Langley Ave, Chicago, IL, USA, 60628

40023995759

9780226923185

2013050786

viii, 313 pages, 24 cm

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(OCoLC)859583964