Overview
- Highlights the complexity of Humboldt´s works, character, and attitudes beyond the boundaries of scientific discipline
- Offers a modern and critical analysis of Humboldt's interdisciplinary field of study from an international perspective
- Re-discusses the Humboldt’s relevance in light of his 250th anniversary by highly qualified researchers in their field
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This book aims to view and to understand Alexander von Humboldt from different perspectives and in varying disciplinary contexts. His contributions addressed numerous topics in the earth but also life sciences—spanning from geo-botany, climatology, paleontology, oceanography, mineralogy, resources, and hydrogeology to links between the environmental impact of humans, erosion, and climate change. From the very beginning, he paved the way for a modern, integrated earth system science approach to decipher, characterize, and model the different forcing factors and their feedback mechanisms. It becomes obvious that Humboldt’s holistic approach is far beyond simple description and empiric data collection. As documented and analyzed in the different texts of this volume, he combines observation and analysis with emotions and subjective perceptions in a very affectionate way. However, this publication does not intend to add another encyclopedic text compilation but to observe and critically analyze this unique personality´s relevance in a modern context, particularly in discussing environmental and social key issues in the twenty-first century.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Humboldt’s Integrative Scientific Approach: Pioneering Modern Earth System Sciences
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Trendsetting - Observation of Interactions in the Earth System
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Humboldt’s Influence on Bio-Geo-Sciences
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Understanding the Composition and Functionality of the New World
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Humboldt, the Earth Scientist
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Humboldt, His Relevance for Contemporary Education Strategies and the Political Discourse
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Humboldt: Empathic Patron, Consultant and Communicator of Science
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The Interdependence of Nature and Culture
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An Epilogue
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Alexander von Humboldt
Book Subtitle: Multiperspective Approaches
Editors: Gregor C. Falk, Manfred R. Strecker, Simon Schneider
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94008-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94007-2Published: 24 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-94010-2Published: 24 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-94008-9Published: 23 July 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 231
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
Topics: Historical Geography, Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Earth System Sciences, Historical Geology