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A portrait of the German naturalist reveals his ongoing influence on humanity's relationship with the natural world today, discussing such topics as his views on climate change, conservation, and nature as a resource for all life Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces counties, towns, a river, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing volcanoes, racing through Siberia, or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science. Among Humboldt's most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world and his discoveries of similarities between climate and vegetation zones on different continents. She also discusses his prediction of human-induced climate change, his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar and Thomas Jefferson. Wulf examines how Humboldt's writings inspired other naturalists and poets such as Darwin, Wordsworth, and Goethe, and she makes the case that it was Humboldt's influence that led John Muir to his ideas of natural preservation and that shaped Thoreau's Walden. Wulf shows how Humboldt created our understanding of the natural world, and champions a renewed interest in this vital player in environmental history and science.--Adapted from book jacket

Humboldt, von, Alexander --- Scientists --- Naturalists --- Scientifiques --- Naturalistes --- Biography. --- Biographies --- Humboldt, Alexander von, --- Biography --- 531.07 --- 9.07 --- 910.4 --- Wetenschappers ; natuurvorsers ; Alexander Von Humboldt --- Geografie ; ontdekkingsreizen --- Von Humboldt, Alexander 1769-1859 (°Berlijn, Duitsland) --- Professional employees --- History --- Life histories --- Memoirs --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Genealogy --- Historians, Natural --- Natural historians --- Natuurkundigen --- Geografen, historici --- Geografie ; Ontdekkingsreizen ; expedities

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De wereld van geleerden, ingenieurs, kunstenaars en humanisten - Keizer Karel en zijn leermeesters - De oprichting van het eerste taleninstituut - Vesalius en de wedergeboorte van de anatomie - Geleerde reizigers en verzamelaars - Rembert Dodoens en de bloei van de botanie -Wiskundigen beschrijven de kosmos - De catografische school en de instrumentenmakers - Drukkers, boekhandelaars en bibliotheken - Ersamus en de kunst van het briefschrijven - De manifestenvoor een betere wereld van Erasmus en Vives - Theologen en juristen tijdens de regering van keizer Karel - Erasmus' vorstenspiegel en de censuur - Historische perspectieven op de wetenschappers rond Keizer Karel

History of civilization --- Charles V [Holy Roman emperor] --- anno 1500-1599 --- Geschiedenis van de Renaissance --- Histoire de la Renaissance --- Sciences --- Wetenschappen --- Science, Renaissance. --- Charles --- wetenschappen; geschiedenis --- wetenschappen; 16de eeuw --- Geschiedenis ; wetenschappers ; 16de eeuw ; rond Keizer Karel --- 165.9 --- 378.4 <493 LEUVEN> --- 378.4 <493 KUL> --- 930.85.44 --- Science, Renaissance --- Academic collection --- #GOSA:XI.Mod.M --- 9.07 --- C6 --- wetenschap --- humanisme --- historische figuren --- 16e eeuw --- wetenschappers --- natuurwetenschappers --- geschiedenis --- Hieronymus Busleyden --- Desiderius Erasmus --- Rembert Dodoens --- Christoffel Plantijn --- Gemma Frisius --- Gerard Mercator --- Dirk Martens --- Nicolaus Copernicus --- Andreas Vesalius --- Paracelsus --- België --- 506 --- 937.2 --- (069) --- 16de eeuw --- 926.1 --- Wetenschap --- Renaissance science --- Science --- Geschiedenis van de wetenschappelijke ontwikkeling en kennis --- Universiteiten--België--LEUVEN --- Universiteiten: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven--KUL --- Cultuurgeschiedenis: Renaissance --- Geografen, historici --- Opvoeding, onderwijs, wetenschap --- geschiedenis der natuurwetenschappen, natuurwetenschappers --- geschiedenis België - historische figuren : tot 16e eeuw --- (Musea. Collecties) --- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor --- 930.85.44 Cultuurgeschiedenis: Renaissance --- 378.4 <493 KUL> Universiteiten: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven--KUL --- 378.4 <493 LEUVEN> Universiteiten--België--LEUVEN --- 165.9 Geschiedenis der kennis. Ontwikkeling van de mythologie tot wetenschap --- 165.9 Geschiedenis van de wetenschappelijke ontwikkeling en kennis --- Geschiedenis der kennis. Ontwikkeling van de mythologie tot wetenschap --- Wetenschappen ; geschiedenis --- Wetenschappen ; 16de eeuw --- Karel --- Carolus --- Charles-Quint --- Karl --- Keizer Karel --- Carlos --- 378.4 <493 LEUVEN> Universities--Belgium--LEUVEN --- Universities--Belgium--LEUVEN