November 22, 2010

Prelude to Slow Science III

As a prelude to my last essay on the topic of slow science, I want to know how many of you know who is the scientist in the picture below. Without looking him up, do you know who he is or can you guess? And secondly, what has been his contribution to science?

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4 comments:

Zen Faulkes said...

Don't recognize him.

November 22, 2010 at 11:33 PM
JaneB said...

von Humboldt?

November 23, 2010 at 4:26 AM
JaneB said...

If so, ocean temperatures, biomes... lots and lots of data collecting! Very cool...

November 23, 2010 at 8:27 AM
Namnezia said...

I second von Humboldt. Am I right?!

November 23, 2010 at 10:04 AM

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