E - Alexander von Humboldt’s Hero’s Journey to South America

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Alexander von Humboldt was the most famous scientist of the 19th century. His writing influenced generations of scientists and artists, including Charles Darwin, John James Audubon, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. As part of our ongoing investigation of nature as the consilience of art and science, we will follow von Humboldt’s five-year journey to South America and his resulting groundbreaking scientific studies and published books. This is a continuation of my spring 2025 course, but new course members are of course welcome.

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Alexander von Humboldt was the most famous scientist of the 19th century. His writing influenced generations of scientists and artists, including Charles Darwin, John James Audubon, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. As part of our ongoing investigation of nature as the consilience of art and science, we will follow von Humboldt’s five-year journey to South America and his resulting groundbreaking scientific studies and published books. This is a continuation of my spring 2025 course, but new course members are of course welcome.

Tuesday, 1:30 to 3:00 pm | 6 weeks, April 7th, 2026 to May 12th, 2026 (but not 4/28/2026)

Location: ZOOM

Instructor: Eric J. Simon

Eric J. Simon, Ph.D., is Professor of Biology at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. He teaches introductory biology, human biology, and tropical marine biology, and has led international travel courses to destinations including Belize, the Galapagos, Tanzania, Cuba, the Amazon, and Patagonia. Dr. Simon received his B.A. in biology and computer science and his M.A. in biology from Wesleyan University, and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Harvard University. He is the author of a widely used series of college biology textbooks, with more than two million copies in print, used by students in over 40 countries.