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The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner by Andrea Wulf (Hardcover, 2015)
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WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016 WINNER OF THE 2017 DINGLE PRIZE 'Dazzling' Literary Review 'Brilliant' Sunday Express 'Extraordinary and gripping' New Scientist 'A superb biography' The Economist 'An exhilarating armchair voyage' GILES MILTON, Mail on Sunday Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist - more things are named after him than anyone else. There are towns, rivers, mountain ranges, the ocean current that runs along the South American coast, there's a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon. His colourful adventures read like something out of a Boy's Own story: Humboldt explored deep into the rainforest, climbed the world's highest volcanoes and inspired princes and presidents, scientists and poets alike. Napoleon was jealous of him; Simon Bolivar's revolution was fuelled by his ideas; Darwin set sail on the Beagle because of Humboldt; and Jules Verne's Captain Nemo owned all his many books. He simply was, as one contemporary put it, 'the greatest man since the Deluge'. Taking us on a fantastic voyage in his footsteps - racing across anthrax-infected Russia or mapping tropical rivers alive with crocodiles - Andrea Wulf shows why his life and ideas remain so important today. Humboldt predicted human-induced climate change as early as 1800, and The Invention of Nature traces his ideas as they go on to revolutionize and shape science, conservation, nature writing, politics, art and the theory of evolution. He wanted to know and understand everything and his way of thinking was so far ahead of his time that it's only coming into its own now. Alexander von Humboldt really did invent the way we see nature.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Murray Press
ISBN-139781848548985
eBay Product ID (ePID)221061532
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Book TitleThe Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicScience, History
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndrea Wulf
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height239 mm
Item Weight792 g
Item Width159 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAndrea Wulf
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- 21. Nov. 2018
Amazing that Baron Von Humbolt is not better remembered. Now never forgotten this hero of science
I thought I had a reasonable grasp of environmental science history but the revelations of this mans life were a complete shock to me. Born into privilege, he had the outrageous intellect to make use of his access to the great minds of his age who educated and befriended him. He moved around the world fluidly in spite of the almost worldwide wars and tensions resulting from them and always followed his interests wherever they took him and the discoveries that he made, the influencers of history that he directly influenced and the prolific writings that he produced have enthralled me. A life fabulously spent and therefore all the stranger that most people have not heard of him. His name reverberates through history and in short I have learned to love the man and this book captures him and his life's work so very well. A highly reccommended read that will surprise and delightBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 25. Dez. 2022
Very informative
Absorbing and well writtenBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
