Name: TED-ED】アレクサンダー・フォン・フンボルトとは？- ジョージ・メーラー (【TED-Ed】Who is Alexander von Humboldt? - George Mehler)
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have been named after him than any human being.

So famous, that President Thomas Jefferson

said he was the most important scientist he ever met.

And Simon Bolivar called him the true discoverer of South America.

every story on the front page of The New York Times

and what did he do that was so extraordinary?

Alexander Von Humboldt started as a practicing geologist,

but when an inheritance allowed him the freedom to travel,

he began an incredible, five-year scientific journey

Von Humboldt and his botanist partner, Aime Bonpland,

traveled through the jungles of Venezuela,

and traversed the breadth of Mexico and Cuba.

He explored the length of the Orinoco River in Venezuela.

was filled with danger, disease, and fantastic new discoveries.

For example, Von Humboldt was the first explorer

to witness the preparation of the curare plant for poison arrows.

He recognized the importance of the cinchona tree,

which limits rainfall on the coast of Peru,

He discovered and described many new species of plants and animals,

In Ecuador, he climbed the one of the highest volcanoes, Chimborazo,

something no one had ever done at this altitude.

The entire journey covered over 24,000 miles,

the same distance as the circumference of the Earth.

By connecting places of identical temperatures,

he created contour maps with lines of similar temperatures,

in the visual presentation of scientific data.

These discoveries and measurements were critical

to what made him such an important scientist.

Until Humboldt, scientists who described new plants and animals

did not clearly see the crucial connection

They did not appreciate the role of the environment

Humboldt discovered and understood the importance

he is considered the founder of biogeography.

He also developed a theory called the "Unity of Nature,"

which shows the interconnectedness of all nature.

in the preservation and protection of our habitat.

He was the mentor and teacher to younger scientists.

the crucial role that Humboldt played in the work

and wrote in his diary while on the Beagle,

"I am at present fit only to read Humboldt.

He, like another sun, illuminates everything I behold."

Today, although Humboldt is known and revered

he is almost totally forgotten by many of us.

Alexander Von Humboldt's influence is apparent

everywhere and in every scientific discipline.

He is, perhaps, the most important forgotten man of science.

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TED-ED】アレクサンダー・フォン・フンボルトとは？- ジョージ・メーラー (【TED-Ed】Who is Alexander von Humboldt? - George Mehler)

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