Tag: Laura Dassow Walls
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Roundtable: The Passage to Cosmos
What does it mean to describe a worldview as Humboldtean? Prussian aristocrat Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) traveled extensively, gathered specimens, produced drawings, formulated grand geophysical theories, and never shied from describing the earth’s processes on a global scale. While his brother Wilhelm lent his name to “Humboldtean education,” Alexander is associated with “Humboldtean science,” expansive…
Jacob Darwin Hamblin 