Views of nature
By: Alexander von Humboldt ; translated by Mark W. Person ; edited by Stephen T. Jackson and Laura Dassow Walls
Contributors: Jackson, Stephen T., 1955-; Walls, Laura Dassow; Person, Mark W.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780226923185
Subjects: Natural history; Science; Description and travel; Physical geography
Work titles: Ansichten der Natur
Notes: "Preface to the second and third editions"--Page 27.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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