Alexander von Humboldt (1999)

Networks of Knowledge

Alexander von Humboldt, the great explorer and cosmopolitan, is one of Germany's most famous and most popular sons. His reputation and prestige is based on the fact that he was one of the first to take a holistic view of the world as a network, thus making him especially relevant in today's globalised world.

This Internet project was developed in connection with the exhibit of the same name which was held in the House of World Cultures in 1999, and offers an informative picture of the life and work of the scientist Alexander von Humboldt. His student days, his voyages and his influence on into the present are illustrated with pictures, texts and sounds.

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