亚历山大•冯•洪堡是德国伟大的自然科学家和科学考察旅行家,近代气候学、植物地理学、地球物理学的创始人之一,是真正称得上“著作等身”的学者。《大自然的肖像》是洪堡最著名和最具影响的著作,也是最具可读性的一本,其德文版Ansichten der Natur于1808年出版,1826年再版,曾被翻译为英语、法语、西班牙语等多种语言。本书是根据第三版和最后一版的德文版翻译而来,于1850年正式出版。本书文笔优美,兼具科学性和文学性,体现了洪堡对植被结构及其在气候模式下的起源的最成熟的思想。
- Front Matter
- Steppes and Deserts
- Illustrations and Additions
- Cataracts of the Orinoco
- Illustrations and Additions
- Nocturnal Life of Animals in the Primeval Forest
- Illustrations and Additions
- Hypsometric Addenda
- Ideas for a Physiognomy of Plants
- Illustrations and Additions
- On the Structure and Mode of Action of Volcanos in different parts of the Earth
- Illustrations and Additions
- Vital Force, or The Rhodian Genius
- The Plateau of Caxamarca, the Ancient Capital of the Inca Atahuallpa,and First View of the Pacific from the Ridge of the Andes
- Illustrations and Additions
- Index