Humboldt And The Cosmos by Douglas Botting

Humboldt And The Cosmos

Douglas Botting

295 pages first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
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Alexander von Humboldt, once described as the 'last universal scholar in the field of the natural sciences', was one of the most extraordinary men of his time. This work looks at the man, what drove him, the age he lived in, and follows his journe...

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