Alexander von Humboldt
Subtitle: A Metabiography
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: May 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780226731490
Subjects: Environmental Science; General; Environmental Studies
Description: Alexander von Humboldt is one of the most celebrated figures of late-modern science, famous for his work in physical geography, botanical geography and climatology. This volume traces Humboldt's biographical identities through Germany's collective past to shed light on the historical instability of our scientific heroes.