Cosmos (Humboldt book)
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Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe is an influential treatise on science and nature written by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. It began as a lecture s
Humboldt and his Kosmos (1843), Joseph Karl Stieler
A portrait of Humboldt by Friedrich Georg Weitsch, 1806
Volumes 1-4 of "Cosmos," from 1849-1852
Title page to volume 1 of "Cosmos" (1849)
Alexander von Humboldt
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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science. He was the younger brother of the Prussian
Cosmos (Humboldt book)
…German Kosmos – Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung) is an influential treatise on science and nature written by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. It began as a lecture series delivered by Humboldt at the University of Berlin, and was published in five volumes between 1845 and 1862 (the fifth was…
Schloss Tegel, Berlin, where Alexander and his brother Wilhelm lived for several years
Schiller, Wilhelm, and Alexander von Humboldt with Goethe in Jena