There are a hundred sixty five years among Jöns Jacob Berzelius' and Carl Gustaf Bernhard's tours during the Massif principal in France. despite their circumstantial transformations, the similarities among the 2 males of letters is impressive. whereas Berzelius is popular as one of many founders of contemporary chemistry and mineralogy, the majority of Bernhard's fulfillment has been within the box of neurophysiology--yet either males grow to be having remarkably related techniques to technology and nature. It was once as Berzelius' successor to the put up of Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that first gave Bernhard reason to check his literary is still. This was once to supply the muse for Bernhard, with Berzelius as his advisor, to go to the volcanic panorama, during which the continues to be of Roman columns, mediaeval castles and cathedrals recalled civilizations that have come and passed through the centuries following the geological eruptions. The publication is generally illustrated with sketches of the geographical region, pix of these recognized via Berzelius in addition to color images of the panorama taken via Bernhard, whereas the narrative alternates among excerpts of Berzelius' letters and writings and Bernhard's personal smooth travelogue. the result's a desirable textual and pictorial checklist of 1 of the main attractive areas of France, and of 2 hugely influential Swedish scientists, spanning the final centuries.
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