the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt gave a series of lectures, which he wrote up in a treatise titled Kosmos. This treatise influenced many readers, including the writers Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, and Whitman. You might joke that Carl Sagan did the original rebooting of the popular Kosmos series.
I was literally about to make that very same joke. I am figuratively stunned.
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