Selected writings / (Record no. 24915)

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LC control number 2018038564
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International Standard Book Number 9781841593876 (hardback)
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System control number (OCoLC)20661667
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Original cataloging agency Indian Institute for Human Settlements-Bangalore
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Classification number 508.8 HUM
Edition number 23
Item number 023312
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Personal name Humboldt, Alexander von,
Dates associated with a name 1769-1859.
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Uniform title <a href="Works.">Works.</a>
Form subheading Selections.
Language of a work English.
Date of a work 2018
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Title Selected writings /
Statement of responsibility, etc Alexander von Humboldt ; edited and introduced by Andrea Wulf.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Everyman's Library,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2018.
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Extent xliv, 792 pages :
Other physical details illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions 21 cm.
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Content type term (R) text
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Series statement Everyman's library ;
Volume number/sequential designation 387
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General note Includes index.
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Summary, etc "A new hardcover selection of the best writings of the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world. Selected and introduced by Andrea Wulf. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing volcanoes in the Andes, racing through anthrax-infected Siberia, or publishing groundbreaking best sellers. Ahead of his time, he recognized nature as an interdependent whole and he saw before anyone else that humankind was on a path to destroy it. His visits to the Americas led him to argue that the indigenous peoples possessed ancient cultures with sophisticated languages, architecture, and art, and his expedition to Cuba prompted him to denounce slavery as "the greatest evil ever to have afflicted humanity." To Humboldt, the melody of his prose was as important as its empirical content, and this selection from his most famous works--including Cosmos, Views of Nature, and Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, among others--allows us the pleasure of reading his own accounts of his daring explorations. Humboldt's writings profoundly influenced naturalists and poets including Darwin, Thoreau, Muir, Goethe, Wordsworth, and Whitman. The Selected Writingsis not only a tribute to Humboldt's important role in environmental history and science, but also to his ability to fashion powerfully poetic narratives out of scientific observations"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Natural history.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Natural history
Geographic subdivision South America.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element South America
General subdivision Description and travel.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Phytogeography.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Plant ecology.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Indians of South America
Geographic subdivision Andes Region
General subdivision Antiquities.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Indians of Mexico
General subdivision Antiquities.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Slavery
Geographic subdivision Cuba
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Cosmography.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / General.
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Personal name Wulf, Andrea,
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 19/07/2025 Segment Books Distributors/70193/5/5/2025 899.00   508.8 HUM 023312 023312 19/07/2025 19/07/2025 Book