The Resource The invention of nature : Alexander Von Humboldt's new world, Andrea Wulf, (CD sound recording)
The invention of nature : Alexander Von Humboldt's new world, Andrea Wulf, (CD sound recording)
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- Summary
- Alexander von Humboldt was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infested Siberia. He came up with a radical vision of nature, that it was a complex and interconnected global force and did not exist for man's use alone. Ironically, his ideas have become so accepted and widespread that he has been nearly forgotten. Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his investigation of wild environments around the world; his discoveries of similarities between climate zones on different continents; his prediction of human-induced climate change; his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation; and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simn Bolvar and Thomas Jefferson
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 11 sound discs (14 hr.)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Compact discs
- Isbn
- 9781622319800
- Label
- The invention of nature : Alexander Von Humboldt's new world
- Title
- The invention of nature
- Title remainder
- Alexander Von Humboldt's new world
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrea Wulf
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Alexander von Humboldt was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infested Siberia. He came up with a radical vision of nature, that it was a complex and interconnected global force and did not exist for man's use alone. Ironically, his ideas have become so accepted and widespread that he has been nearly forgotten. Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his investigation of wild environments around the world; his discoveries of similarities between climate zones on different continents; his prediction of human-induced climate change; his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation; and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simn Bolvar and Thomas Jefferson
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wulf, Andrea
- Dewey number
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- 509.2
- [B]
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- biography
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by David Drummond
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Drummond, David
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Humboldt, Alexander von
- Humboldt, Alexander von
- Scientists
- Naturalists
- Naturalists
- Scientists
- Germany
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The invention of nature : Alexander Von Humboldt's new world, Andrea Wulf, (CD sound recording)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- ocn910859575
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 11 sound discs (14 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781622319800
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Other physical details
- digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)910859575
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The invention of nature : Alexander Von Humboldt's new world, Andrea Wulf, (CD sound recording)
- Note
-
- Title from container
- Compact discs
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- ocn910859575
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 11 sound discs (14 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781622319800
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Other physical details
- digital
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)910859575
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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