{"product_id":"bernhard-varenius-1622-1650-margret-schuchard-9789004163638","title":"Bernhard Varenius (1622-1650)","description":"Bernhard Varenius' books influenced the history of science in such a way that Isaac Newton, Alexander von Humboldt and Tsar Peter the Great all referred to him. Varenius wrote the first comprehensive description of Japan (\u003ci\u003eDescriptio regni Japoniae\u003c\/i\u003e, 1649) from a European perspective, exclusively based on a diversity of sources. But the impact of his \u003ci\u003eGeographia generalis\u003c\/i\u003e (1650) explains his ranking among the founding fathers of geography as a science. He called 'general' geography a branch of (applied) mathematics which does not deal with regional specifics. The contributions in this book focus on his multi-faceted work, the influence of his books and the tragically short life of this young polymath from Germany who benefited from the intellectually stimulating milieu of Leiden and Amsterdam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors include: Horst Walter Blanke, Reinhard Düchting, Klaus Lehmann, Robert Mayhew, Sandra Rebok, Folker Reichert, Frank Richter, Margret Schuchard, Denis J.B. Shaw, Ulrich Staffhorst, Johann Anselm Steiger, Rienk H. Vermij, and Ernst-Christian Volkmann.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margret Schuchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004163638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004163638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 75","brand":"Margret Schuchard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48799199527167,"sku":"9789004163638","price":194.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bernhard-varenius-1622-1650-margret-schuchard-9789004163638","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}