How Alexander von Humboldt's life story can inspire innovative soil research in developing countries

Bouma, Johan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-153-2017

Articles | Volume 3, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-153-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-153-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 3

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13 Sep 2017

Forum article |

| 13 Sep 2017

How Alexander von Humboldt's life story can inspire innovative soil research in developing countries

Johan Bouma

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RC1: 'Review', Peter Finke, 19 Jun 2017
AC1: 'How Alexander von Humboldts life story can inspire innovative soil research in developing countries.', Johan Bouma, 25 Jun 2017
RC2: 'How Alexander von Humboldt’s life story can inspire innovative soil research in developing countries by Johan Bouma', Jozef Deckers, 19 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'How Alexander von Humboldts life story can inspire innovative soil research in developing countries', Johan Bouma, 19 Jul 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (review by Editor) (14 Aug 2017) by Boris Jansen

AR by Johan Bouma on behalf of the Authors (16 Aug 2017)

ED: Publish as is (19 Aug 2017) by Boris Jansen

ED: Publish as is (21 Aug 2017) by Kristof Van Oost (Executive editor)

AR by Johan Bouma on behalf of the Authors (21 Aug 2017)

Short summary

Alexander von Humboldt was an inspiring scientist in the early 1800s, traveling widely, making many measurements, and linking different scientific disciplines while keeping an eye open to the needs of society. This is particularly relevant today in our information society, and researchers in developing countries are advised to follow the von Humboldt example when planning their future research.