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Humboldt's Mexico : in the footsteps of the illustrious german scientific traveller
\"The incalculable influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) on biology, botany, geology, and meteorology deservedly earned him the reputation as the world's most illustrious scientist before Charles Darwin. From 1799 to 1804, Humboldt's breath-taking explorations of Mexico and South America are akin to Europe's second \"discovery\" of the New World--this time, a scientific one. His Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain is a foundational document about Mexico and its cultures and is still widely consulted by anthropologists, geographers, and historians. In Humboldt's Mexico Myron Echenberg presents a straightforward guide with historical and cultural context to Humboldt's travels in Mexico. Humboldt packed a lifetime of scientific studies into one daunting year, and soon after published a four-volume account of his findings. His adventures range widely from inspections of colonial silver mines, hikes to the summits of volcanoes, meticulous examination of secret Spanish colonial archives in Mexico City, and scientific discussions of archaeological sites of pre-Hispanic Indigenous cultures. Echenberg traces Humboldt's journey, as described in his publications, his diary, and other writings, across the heartland of Mexico, while also pursuing Humboldt's life, his science, his experiences, his influence on scholars of his time and after, and the various efforts by others to honour and at times to denigrate his legacy. Part history, part travelogue, and always highly readable and informative, Humboldt's Mexico is an engaging account of a gifted scientist and visionary that ranges across topics as diverse and broad as the Romantic-era natural history.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adela Breton
Mary McVicker writes of Adela Breton, her independence from the strictures of Victorian life, her career as a pioneering artist-archaeologist, and the enduring significance of her work.
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The promise of the Grand Canyon : John Wesley Powell's perilous journey and his vision for the American West
When John Wesley Powell became the first person to navigate the entire Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon, he completed what Lewis and Clark had begun nearly 70 years earlier--the final exploration of continental America. The son of an abolitionist preacher, a Civil War hero (who lost an arm at Shiloh), and a passionate naturalist and geologist, in 1869 Powell tackled the vast and dangerous gorge carved by the Colorado River and known today (thanks to Powell) as the Grand Canyon.\" Powell was a scientist, bureaucrat, and land-management pioneer. \"He began a national conversation about sustainable development when most everyone else still looked upon land as an inexhaustible resource. Though he supported irrigation and dams, his prescient warnings forecast the 1930s Dust Bowl and the growing water scarcities of today. Practical, yet visionary, Powell didn't have all the answers, but was first to ask the right questions.
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Trump Pauses Military Aid To Ukraine After Zelenskyy Clash; Trump Slaps 25 Percent Tariffs On Canada And Mexico, 20 Percent On China; Pope Francis Suffers Setback With New Breathing Problems; Trump Allies Signal They Want Zelenskyy to Resign; Israelis Wrestle with Release of Prisoners to Free Hostages; How USAID Cuts are Affecting Everyday Americans; Scientists Use Jumping Mice to Test Rigors of Space Travel. Aired 1-2a ET
President Donald Trump is pausing all military aid for Ukraineafter a disastrous Oval Office meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart,Volodymyr Zelenskyy, last week. President Donald Trump's blanket 25percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada took effect on Tuesday, anextraordinary action aimed at bringing America's top trading partnersto heel, but it threatens to weaken the North American economy,including that of the United States, at a time of significant stressfor inflation-weary consumers, Trump also doubled the tariff on allChinese imports to 20 percent from 10 percent, those duties sit atopexisting tariffs on hundreds of billions in Chinese goods, China andCanada immediately retaliated with tariffs on American goods,threatening to ignite a damaging trade war. Pope Francis experienced\"two episodes of acute respiratory failure,\" the Vatican said Monday,marking the latest in a series of medical crises the 88-year-oldpontiff has endured since he was first hospitalized last month.Demands from White House officials and others for Zelenskyy to resignas Ukraine's president began almost immediately after that shoutingmatch in the Oval Office. But analysts warned that could spark aconstitutional crisis because Ukraine remains under martial law. Oneelement of the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire has created a unique pain pointfor some Israelis, the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisonersfrom Israeli jails. Many of them were not convicted of any crime, norwere they put on trial. But some were convicted of murder. A seniorofficial at the now gutted U.S. Agency for International Developmenthas been placed on leave for writing a scathing memo accusing theTrump administration of preventing life-saving work. The cuts aretaking a toll on the home front as well. A manned mission to Marsremains the next great space challenge and jumping mice are playing acrucial role in getting there. GUESTS: Matthew Schmidt, Alan Hyslop
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Trump Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Go on Effect; Trump Pauses Military Aid to Ukraine After Zelenskyy Clash; Russia Reacts with Glee to Heated Trump-Zelenskyy Exchange; Pope Francis Suffers Setback with New Breathing Problems; Trump Slaps 25 percent Tariffs on Canada & Mexico, 20 percent on China; Scientists Use Jumping Mice to Test Rigors of Space Travel. Aired 12-12:45a ET
Donald Trump has slapped 25 percent tariffs on Canada andMexico and 20 percent tariffs on China. Scientists are using jumpingmice to test the rigors of space travel and what exercises might helphumans cope. GUESTS: Matthew Schmidt, Ryan Patel
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BEN FRANKLIN, PROTECTOR OF AMERICANS ABROAD
An avid childhood reader of the Young Americans series of biographies, I of course knew the lore about Franklin-\"inventing\" electricity with a kite and a key, starting the lending library, signing the Declaration of Independence, and being a congenial ambassador to France as well as a prolific-and profligate-father. But as a major in European literatures, I'd avoided classes on the \"boring\" early Americans, assuming their inferiority.
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Ousted Vaccine Expert Laid Out Facts on Administration's Lack of Response; COVID-Like Illness targeting Children; Russian Health Officials Push Back on Wrong Reports; From One Man Infected to Now a Community Affected; Coronavirus Pandemic; Johns Hopkins University, 1.4 Million Cases In The United States; U.S. Vaccine Expert Warn Of Darkest Winter In Modern History; Protesters Demand U.S. States Reopen Quickly; At Least 24 States Are Seeing A Decreased Infection Rate; Questions Over Mexico's Repo
In United States, 24 states are seeing a downward trend in newcases of coronavirus; Mexico's government announced plans to reopenthe country even though increase in coronavirus cases surge; A recordnumber for the second straight day in Brazil with almost 14,000 deathsand more than 202,000 coronavirus cases; President Jair Bolsonarosaying the governors will turn Brazil into a country of poor peoplefor their restrictive quarantine measures; French angered by Frenchdrug giant executives initial remarks; RNA vaccine is a newunconventional technique that uses the virus's genetic code asscientists around the world continue to try different methods to comeup with a covid-19 vaccine; In Madrid, doctors and nurses gatheredoutside to observe two minutes of silence at La Paz hospital to honorthe memories of health workers who lost their lives during this globalpandemic; Two new Japanese studies are revealing some disturbing waysthe coronavirus can spread through the air and through the surface;Dubai airport CEO tells what passengers can expect as travel resumesin the world's busiest airport for international arrivals; Europe'stop football leagues, German Bundesliga returns to action thisweekend. GUESTS: Jorge Rodriguez, Manisha Tank
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