Humboldtian science
Movement in science emphasizing precision and sensitivity / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.