Did Alexander von Humboldt Invent Nature?
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World Andrea Wulf, Deckle Edge, September 15, 2015
http://www.amazon.com/dp/038535066X
A brief excerpt from Andrea Wulf’s new book about Alexander von Humboldt
Stephanie Bastek, American Scholar, 22 September 2015
https://theamericanscholar.org/the-invention-of-nature/
‘The Invention of Nature,’ by Andrea Wulf
Colin Thubron, New York Times, 25 September 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/books/review/the-invention-of-nature-by-andrea-wulf.html?_r=0
The Invention of Nature finds science’s lost hero
Culture Lab, New Scientist, 2 September 2015
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22730371-300-the-invention-of-nature-finds-sciences-lost-hero/
The Very Great Alexander von Humboldt
Nathaniel Rich, New York review of books, 22 October 2015
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/oct/22/very-great-alexander-von-humboldt/
Did Alexander von Humboldt Invent Environmentalism?
Humboldt’s Gift
He was once the most celebrated naturalist in the world. What happened to him?
Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 October 2015
Humboldt’s Gifts
Countless places bear Alexander von Humboldt’s name. So do 300 plants, and 100 animals. Who was he?
Jenny Uglow, Wall Street Journal, 4 September 2015
http://www.wsj.com/articles/humboldts-gifts-1441400580
Alexander von Humboldt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
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How Derivative was Humboldt?
Microcosmic Nature Narratives in Early Modern Spanish America and the (Other) Origins of Humboldt's Ecological Sensibilities
Jorge CaƱizares-Esguerra
Associate Professor of History, University at Buffalo/
https://www.princeton.edu/~hos/Workshop%20II%20papers/Canizares_paper.doc.pdf
Alexander von Humboldt's invention of the natural landscape
Chunglin Kwa, The European Legacy 04/2005; 10:149-162. DOI: 10.1080/1084877052000330084
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/232949515_Alexander_von_Humboldt's_invention_of_the_natural_landscape
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