Humboldtian science refers to a movement in science in the 19th century closely connected to the work and writings of German scientist, naturalist, and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. It maintained a certain ethics of precision and observation, which combined scientific field work with the sensitivity and aesthetic ideals of the age of Romanticism.[1] Like Romanticism in science, it was rather popular in the 19th century. The term was coined by Susan Faye Cannon in 1978.[2][3] The example of Humboldt's life and his writings allowed him to reach out beyond the academic community with his natural history and address a wider audience with popular science aspects. It has supplanted the older Baconian method, related as well to a single person, Francis Bacon.
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- ^ Cannon, Susan Faye: Science in Culture: The Early Victorian Period, New York 1978
- ^ Dettelbach, Michael: "Humboldtian Science", in: Jardine, N./Secord, J./Sparry, E. C.(eds): Cultures of Natural History, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1996
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