Wulf, Andrea,
The invention of nature : the adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science / Andrea Wulf. - London : John Murray, 2016. - xxi, 473 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. Taking us on a fantastic voyage in his footsteps, Andrea Wulf shows why his life and ideas remain so important today.
2015 Costa Biography Award
9781848549005 (pbk.) : �9.99 No price
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Natural history.
Adventure and adventurers--History--19th century.
Science.
Q143
509.2
The invention of nature : the adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science / Andrea Wulf. - London : John Murray, 2016. - xxi, 473 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. Taking us on a fantastic voyage in his footsteps, Andrea Wulf shows why his life and ideas remain so important today.
2015 Costa Biography Award
9781848549005 (pbk.) : �9.99 No price
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Natural history.
Adventure and adventurers--History--19th century.
Science.
Q143
509.2