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“The effects of the human species’ intervention were already ‘incalculable’, Humboldt insisted, and could become catastrophic if they continued to disturb the world so ‘brutally’. Humboldt would see again and again how humankind unsettled the balance of nature.”
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
“Knowledge, Humboldt believed, had to be shared, exchanged and made available to everybody.”
― The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
― The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
“Humboldt ‘read’ plants as others did books – and to him they revealed a global force behind nature, the movements of civilizations as well as of landmass. No one had ever approached botany in this way.”
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
― The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
“Corregir consiste en hacerle creer al lector que las cosas fueron escritas sin mucho trabajo”
― Taller de corte y corrección
― Taller de corte y corrección
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