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Alexander von Humboldt
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171notesIntroduction1. On appropriations and interpretations of Humboldt over time, cater-ing to ever-changing cultural preferences, see Nicolaas A. Rupke, Alexander von Humboldt: A Metabiography (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008). Cf. Mary Louise Pratt, Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transcul-turation, 2nd  ed. (London: Routledge, 2009), and Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World (New York: Knopf, 2015).2. Susan Faye Cannon, “Humboldtian Science,” in Science in Culture: The Early Victorian Period (New York: Science History Publications, 1978), 73–110; Andreas W. Daum, “Humboldtian Science and Humboldt’s Science,” History of Science 62 (2024).3. Jürgen Osterhammel, The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century, trans. P. Camiller (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014).Chapter 1: Training the Mind1. Thomas Nipperdey, Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck: 1800–1866, trans. Daniel Nolan (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996), 89–90.2. Alexander von Humboldt to Carl Freiesleben, October 10, 1796, in Die Jugendbriefe Alexander von Humboldts: 1787–1799, ed. Ilse Jahn and Fritz G. Lange (Berlin: Akademie, 1973), 528.3. A. von Humboldt to Carl Freiesleben, c. November 25, 1796, in Jugend-briefe, 553.
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171notesIntroduction1. On appropriations and interpretations of Humboldt over time, cater-ing to ever-changing cultural preferences, see Nicolaas A. Rupke, Alexander von Humboldt: A Metabiography (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008). Cf. Mary Louise Pratt, Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transcul-turation, 2nd  ed. (London: Routledge, 2009), and Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World (New York: Knopf, 2015).2. Susan Faye Cannon, “Humboldtian Science,” in Science in Culture: The Early Victorian Period (New York: Science History Publications, 1978), 73–110; Andreas W. Daum, “Humboldtian Science and Humboldt’s Science,” History of Science 62 (2024).3. Jürgen Osterhammel, The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century, trans. P. Camiller (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014).Chapter 1: Training the Mind1. Thomas Nipperdey, Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck: 1800–1866, trans. Daniel Nolan (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996), 89–90.2. Alexander von Humboldt to Carl Freiesleben, October 10, 1796, in Die Jugendbriefe Alexander von Humboldts: 1787–1799, ed. Ilse Jahn and Fritz G. Lange (Berlin: Akademie, 1973), 528.3. A. von Humboldt to Carl Freiesleben, c. November 25, 1796, in Jugend-briefe, 553.
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1 Training the Mind 7
  5. 2 Constantly on the Move 27
  6. 3 The Interaction of All Forces 52
  7. 4 Gaining a Picture of the Whole 58
  8. 5 Delivering to the Public 81
  9. 6 I Love What I Comprehend 112
  10. 7 Between Cosmos and Fragments 134
  11. Chronology 155
  12. Guide to Sources and Further Reading 159
  13. Acknowledgments 169
  14. Notes 171
  15. Selected Bibliography 185
  16. Illustrations 191
  17. Index 193
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691247373-012

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1 Training the Mind 7
  5. 2 Constantly on the Move 27
  6. 3 The Interaction of All Forces 52
  7. 4 Gaining a Picture of the Whole 58
  8. 5 Delivering to the Public 81
  9. 6 I Love What I Comprehend 112
  10. 7 Between Cosmos and Fragments 134
  11. Chronology 155
  12. Guide to Sources and Further Reading 159
  13. Acknowledgments 169
  14. Notes 171
  15. Selected Bibliography 185
  16. Illustrations 191
  17. Index 193
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