AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER 审稿速度-刊鹿论文编译

Behind the Science

Abstract:

The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt. By Andrea Wulf, illustrated by Lillian Melcher. 2019. Pantheon. (ISBN 978-1-5247-4737-4). 272 pp. Hardcover, $29.95. The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) is widely and variously commemorated – serving as the namesake of a predatory squid, the fifth largest of the lunar maria, a frigid ocean current off the western coast of South America, a medium-sized penguin, and counties in California, Iowa, and Nevada – but, until recently, seldom remembered. The upswing in his recognition is due mainly to Andrea Wulf’s elegant popular biography The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s NewWorld (Knopf, 2015). With the aid of illustrator Lillian Melcher, Wulf retells a portion of that biography as a work of graphic nonfiction in The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt. From 1799 to 1804, Humboldt rambled through northwest South America, central Mexico, Cuba, and the northeastern United States along with his friend the French botanist Aimé Bonpland, obsessively scaling mountains, taking measurements, collecting specimens, and recording observations all the while. These travels, described by Wulf in chapters 3–6 of The Invention of Nature, are the focus of The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, narrated by Humboldt himself from the vantage of his Berlin apartment in 1859 – and occasionally from beyond the grave. As a conversationalist, he was famously garrulous, conceited, and fascinating, and these traits are faithfully reproduced here. Accordingly, the narrative is detailed but not solemn: a scene in which Humboldt and Bonpland discuss the supposed constipatory nature of tomatoes is particularly memorable. There is a certain shapelessness to the narrative, however, owing to Wulf’s understandable desire to base it closely on the historical record. A more satisfying model might have been Daniel Kehlmann’s carefully constructed novel Die Vermessung der Welt (2005) – translated as Measuring the World (2006) and adapted as a reportedly mediocre German film in 2012 – which takes Humboldt and the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss as its contrasting protagonists. A handsome, oversized, full-color volume, The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt is a visual delight, although the decision to letter much of the text in hard-to-read SERIFED ITALIC CAPITALS is unfortunate. Melcher’s whimsical drawings are complemented by images from Humboldt’s own manuscripts as well as from a variety of nineteenth-century maps, engravings, and illustrations. There is a pleasing variety of page layouts, with a particularly striking spread halfway through the book, where Humboldt and Bonpland gaze over a South American landscape; the pages fold out to show the explorers climbing Humboldt’s map of plant distribution on the mountain Chimborazo. As in The Invention of Nature, Wulf strives to emphasize Humboldt’s importance, with mixed success. Figures such as Goethe, Bolivár, and Darwin are summoned to testify to their admiration for Humboldt, which amply demonstrates his contemporary reputation as “the greatest man since the Deluge” (to quote Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia). It would be a stretch to regard Humboldt as the founder of biogeography, climatology, or environmental science, however, despite Wulf’s efforts to establish his continuing relevance. Significantly, his name is generally absent from today’s biology textbooks, while contemporary scientists such as Lyell and Cuvier are routinely mentioned. Although the classroom utility of the book is thus limited, those interested in the history of science will find The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt a nice addition to their libraries. But it is too gorgeous a volume to hide on a shelf; it belongs on a coffee table. That would be a fitting venue, in light of Humboldt’s fondness for black coffee, which (as Wulf writes in The Invention of Nature) he described as “concentrated sunshine”! And if a student happens upon it there, becomes entranced by the tales of exploration and the scenes of nature, and resolves to learn more about Humboldt and his contributions to science, so much the better.

Author Listing： Amanda L. Glaze

Volume： 81

Pages： 524 - 526

DOI： 10.1525/abt.2019.81.7.524

Language： English

Journal： The American Biology Teacher

AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER

AM BIOL TEACH

影响因子：0.3

是否综述期刊：否

是否OA：否

是否预警：不在预警名单内

发行时间：-

ISSN：0002-7685

发刊频率：Monthly

收录数据库：SCIE/Scopus收录

出版国家/地区：UNITED STATES

出版社：National Association of Biology Teachers, Inc

期刊介绍

The American Biology Teacher is an award winning and peer-refereed professional journal for K-16 biology teachers. Articles include topics such as modern biology content, biology teaching strategies for both the classroom and laboratory, field activities, and a wide range of assistance for application and professional development. Each issue features reviews of books, classroom technology products, and "Biology Today." Published 9 times a year, the journal also covers the social and ethical implications of biology and ways to incorporate such concerns into instructional programs.

美国生物学老师是K-16生物学老师的获奖和同行评审专业期刊。文章包括现代生物学内容，课堂和实验室的生物学教学策略，现场活动以及广泛的应用和专业发展援助等主题。每期都有书籍，课堂技术产品和 “今日生物学” 的评论。该杂志每年出版9次，还涵盖生物学的社会和伦理意义，以及将此类关注纳入教学计划的方法。

年发文量	67
国人发稿量	4
国人发文占比	5.97%
自引率	0.0%
平均录取率	容易
平均审稿周期	较慢,6-12周
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偏重研究方向	BIOLOGY-EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
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