The first volume of Cosmos, his five-volume survey of the universe, appeared in 1845, though Humboldt had labored on the entire work for nearly half a century. He scrupulously sent sections of the work to other experts for suggestions and corrections. The last volume, put together from his notes after his death, appeared in 1861. The volumes were translated almost as rapidly as they appeared. This paperback edition reprints the Harper & Brothers edition, published in New York in 1858-59.
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A century and a half after its initial publication, the book remains a work of enduring value. Magnificently written, with an enduring message to convey Cosmos merits a place in the library of every person who wishes to be truly well educated in the history of the natural sciences.
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"I have the crazy idea to represent in one work the entire material universe, everything we know today of the phenomena in the celestial spaces and of life on earth, from the stars in the nebulae to the geography of mosses and gigantic rocks, in a vivid language that will stimulate the imagination."—from Humboldt's 1834 letter to Karl Varnhagen
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I CAN not more appropriately introduce the Cosmos than by presenting a brief sketch of the life of its illustrious author. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
physical cosmography, argillaceous mud, elastic vapors, cosmical bodies, climatic relations, argillaceous schist, nebulous spots, lava currents, elevated plateaux, meteoric masses, erupted rocks, granular limestone, cosmical body, planetary velocity, metamorphic action, southern declivity, meteoric stones, mica slate, secondary planets, aerial ocean, terrestrial portion, zodiacal light, external crust, comparative geography, subterranean noise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asie Centrale, South America, Annales de Chimie, New Continent, North America, Comptes Rendus, Elie de Beaumont, Leopold von Buch, William Herschel, Cape of Good Hope, Gustav Rose, South Sea, Aurora Borealis, Sir John Herschel, United States, Atlantic Ocean, Caspian Sea, Middle Ages, Polar Sea, Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Captain Hutton, New Holland, Western Europe, Altai Mountains, Charles Darwin New!
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I CAN not more appropriately introduce the Cosmos than by presenting a brief sketch of the life of its illustrious author. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
physical cosmography, argillaceous mud, elastic vapors, cosmical bodies, climatic relations, argillaceous schist, nebulous spots, lava currents, elevated plateaux, meteoric masses, erupted rocks, granular limestone, cosmical body, planetary velocity, metamorphic action, southern declivity, meteoric stones, mica slate, secondary planets, aerial ocean, terrestrial portion, zodiacal light, external crust, comparative geography, subterranean noise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asie Centrale, South America, Annales de Chimie, New Continent, North America, Comptes Rendus, Elie de Beaumont, Leopold von Buch, William Herschel, Cape of Good Hope, Gustav Rose, South Sea, Aurora Borealis, Sir John Herschel, United States, Atlantic Ocean, Caspian Sea, Middle Ages, Polar Sea, Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Captain Hutton, New Holland, Western Europe, Altai Mountains, Charles Darwin New!
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- Principles of Geology (Penguin Classics) by Charles Lyell on page 244, page 249, and page 257
- Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin on page 238, and page 250
- Geological Observations on Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin on page 238
- Cultures of Natural History by N. Jardine in Front Matter
- The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs by Charles Darwin on page 309
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- Emerson's Life in Science: The Culture of Truth by Laura Dassow Walls in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist by H. Parrott Bacot on page 10, page 20, and Back Matter
- John Herschel's Cape Voyage: Private Science, Public Imagination and the Ambitions of Empire (Science, Technology, and Culture, 1700-1945) by Steven Ruskin on page 34, and Back Matter
- Faith in Nature: Environmentalism as Religious Quest (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Thomas R. Dunlap on page 27, and Back Matter
- Humboldt's Cosmos by Gerard Helferich on page 320, and Back Matter
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