Views of nature /
Humboldt, Alexander von,1769-1859,author.
Jackson, Stephen T.,1955-editor.
Walls, Laura Dassow,editor.
Person, Mark W.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Natural history.
Science.
Physical geography.