Views of Nature
แแแ. 2014 ยท University of Chicago Press
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The German naturalist and explorer chronicles his 1799 expedition to Central and South America in this classic work of natural history.
While the influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769โ1859) looms large over the natural sciences, his legacy reaches far beyond the field notebooks of naturalists. Humboldtโs 1799โ1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimรฉ Bonpland not only set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, but also served as the raw material for his many volumesโworks of both scientific rigor and aesthetic beauty that inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson, Goethe, Thoreau, Poe, and Frederic Edwin Church.
Views of Nature, or Ansichten der Natur, was Humboldtโs best-known and most influential workโand his personal favorite. While the essays that comprise it are themselves remarkable as innovative, early pieces of nature writingโthey were cited by Thoreau as a model for his own workโthe bookโs extensive endnotes incorporate some of Humboldtโs most beautiful prose and mature thinking on vegetation structure, its origins in climate patterns, and its implications for the arts. Written for both a literary and a scientific audience, Views of Nature was translated into English (twice), Spanish, and French in the nineteenth century, and it was read widely in Europe and the Americas. But in contrast to many of Humboldtโs more technical works, Views of Nature has been unavailable in English for more than one hundred years. Largely neglected in the United States during the twentieth century, Humboldtโs contributions to the humanities and the sciences are now undergoing a revival to which this new translation will be a critical contribution.
Praise for Views of Nature
โAlexander von Humboldtโs wide-ranging Views of Nature is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century natural history, at once science and art. Mark W. Personโs stunning new translation makes the wonders of this classic accessible to the English-language world of the present.โ โDaniel Walker Howe, author of the Pulitzer Prizeโwinning What Hath God Wrought
โFrom the plains of Venezuela to volcanoes and waterfalls, von Humboldt combines observations with travel narratives and philosophical musings. Annotations really help provide a context to the essays; this work also includes an index, conversions for von Humboldtโs various measurement units, an introduction, and preface. This excellent translation of one of von Humboldtโs most important works should introduce this great naturalist to an entirely new audience.โ โEdward J. Valauskas, curator of Rare Books, Library, Chicago Botanic Garden, Current Books on Gardening and Botany
While the influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769โ1859) looms large over the natural sciences, his legacy reaches far beyond the field notebooks of naturalists. Humboldtโs 1799โ1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimรฉ Bonpland not only set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, but also served as the raw material for his many volumesโworks of both scientific rigor and aesthetic beauty that inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson, Goethe, Thoreau, Poe, and Frederic Edwin Church.
Views of Nature, or Ansichten der Natur, was Humboldtโs best-known and most influential workโand his personal favorite. While the essays that comprise it are themselves remarkable as innovative, early pieces of nature writingโthey were cited by Thoreau as a model for his own workโthe bookโs extensive endnotes incorporate some of Humboldtโs most beautiful prose and mature thinking on vegetation structure, its origins in climate patterns, and its implications for the arts. Written for both a literary and a scientific audience, Views of Nature was translated into English (twice), Spanish, and French in the nineteenth century, and it was read widely in Europe and the Americas. But in contrast to many of Humboldtโs more technical works, Views of Nature has been unavailable in English for more than one hundred years. Largely neglected in the United States during the twentieth century, Humboldtโs contributions to the humanities and the sciences are now undergoing a revival to which this new translation will be a critical contribution.
Praise for Views of Nature
โAlexander von Humboldtโs wide-ranging Views of Nature is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century natural history, at once science and art. Mark W. Personโs stunning new translation makes the wonders of this classic accessible to the English-language world of the present.โ โDaniel Walker Howe, author of the Pulitzer Prizeโwinning What Hath God Wrought
โFrom the plains of Venezuela to volcanoes and waterfalls, von Humboldt combines observations with travel narratives and philosophical musings. Annotations really help provide a context to the essays; this work also includes an index, conversions for von Humboldtโs various measurement units, an introduction, and preface. This excellent translation of one of von Humboldtโs most important works should introduce this great naturalist to an entirely new audience.โ โEdward J. Valauskas, curator of Rare Books, Library, Chicago Botanic Garden, Current Books on Gardening and Botany
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Stephen T. Jackson is professor emeritus of botany and ecology at the University of Wyoming and the editor of von Humboldtโs Essay on the Geography of Plants. He lives in Tucson, AZ. Laura Dassow Walls is the William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame and the author of several books, including The Passage to Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the Shaping of America. She lives in Granger, IN. Mark W. Person is associate academic professional lecturer in German in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and director of the language lab at the University of Wyoming. He lives in Laramie, WY.
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