亞歷山大#馮#洪堡是德國偉大的自然科學(xué)家和科學(xué)考察旅行家,近代氣候?qū)W、植物地理學(xué)、地球物理學(xué)的創(chuàng)始人之一,是真正稱得上“著作等身”的學(xué)者。《大自然的肖像》是洪堡最著名和最具影響的著作,也是最具可讀性的一本,其德文版Ansichten der Natur于1808年出版,1826年再版,曾被翻譯為英語、法語、西班牙語等多種語言。本書是根據(jù)第三版和最后一版的德文版翻譯而來,于1850年正式出版。本書文筆優(yōu)美,兼具科學(xué)性和文學(xué)性,體現(xiàn)了洪堡對植被結(jié)構(gòu)及其在氣候模式下的起源的最成熟的思想。
PUBLISHER's PREFACE
AUTHOR's PREFACE, TO THE FIRST EDITION
AUTHOR's PREFACE, TO THE SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
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
Inustrations and Additions
VITAL FORCE, OR THE RHODIAN GENIUS
Illustration and Note
THE PLATEAU OF CAXAMARCA,the Ancient Capital of the Inca Atahuallpa,and First View of the Pacific from the Ridge of the Andes
Inustrations and Additions
INDEX