Widely recognized and admired men alive during the 19th century. But we wanted you to see his friends Thomas Jefferson, the people that admired him, the people inspired by him, teddy roosevelt, all of the things named for him in this country as an act of homage to a imagine that one one of the most widely and profoundly admired men of the 19th century. He wrote over 30 books, corresponded with over 20,000 individuals. Said he slept four hours a night, called coffee concentrated sunbeams and came up with a radical idea that all of nature was interconnected. That what happened in the alps could predict what happens in the andies and the rockies. That it was global not local. And where you saw plants and the altitude could tell you about the local ecosystem. It is a concept that we take for granted these days but at the time it was a new way to think and he spent 50 years amassing data that would let him put together the web of life or the unity of nature. So what does any of this have to
History. The gentleman you see over here is Alexander Von Humboldt. He was a german nationalist who was basically one of the widely recognized and admired men alive during the 19th century, but we wanted you to see his friends, thomas jefferson, the people who admired him, frederick douglas, the people who were inspired by him, carl sayigan, teddy roosevelt, john muir, one of the men who were one of the most widely profoundly admirable men of the 20th century. He wrote over 30 books, he corresponded with over 20,000 individuals. He said he slept four hours a night. He called coffee concentrated s sunbeams and he came up with what was then a radical idea that all of nature was interconnected, that what happens in the alps could predict what you saw in the andes and what you might see in the Rocky Mountains, that climate was global and not local, and that where you found plants and what altitude you found them could tell you a lot about the local ecosystem. Its a concept we pretty much t
Sunday morning, fellow Mike Gonzalez talks about his book the plot to change america. Hostessive radio talkshow Thom Hartmann on the role of media in u. S. Politics today. Watch washington journal live at 7 00 eastern and join the discussion with phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. Announcer sunday on book tv on cspan2 at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Environmental progress Founder Michael shellenberger on his book apocalypse never. He is interviewed by andrew redken of columbia universitys first institute. Many of the things environmental groups advocated are bad for the environment. Renewables require 300 or 400 times more land. On the question of i think my views have been badly misrepresented by people who know better. They said, michael, you are insisting it is nuclear. That is not true. Coalend the right to burn because it is better than burning wood. Gases better than wood. I am in favor of natural gas when it replaces coal and against it when a replace is nuclear. Announce
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