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Views of nature

Alexander von Humboldt

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Contents

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.

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Views of nature by Alexander von Humboldt. ISBN 9780226923185. Published by The University of Chicago Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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