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Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2019-09, Vol.365 (6458), p.1074-1076
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United States: The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Humboldt's fusion of science and humanism can address contemporary challenges
The ecology and environment of mountains are closely associated with Alexander von Humboldt, born in Prussia 250 years ago this month. His 1807 environmental profile of Chimborazo ( 1 ), the highest peak in the equatorial Andes, is iconic ( 2 , 3 ). He later aligned it with similar mountain profiles to show the environmental and ecological parallels between elevation and latitude ( 4 ). Although mountains, climate, and vegetation were central themes in Humboldt's thinking for six decades ( 1 , 5 – 7 ), his scientific contributions and intellectual vision extended far beyond those relationships, spanning nearly all the natural sciences and extending deeply into the social sciences and humanities. Indeed, virtually every part of the Earth, environmental, and geographic sciences stands on foundations established or inspired by Humboldt.