The invention of nature

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WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD

WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016

'A thrilling adventure story' Bill Bryson

'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 Bolívar'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.

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The Invention of Nature

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The acclaimed author of founding gardeners reveals the forgotten life of alexander von humboldt the visionary german naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world and in the process created modern environmentalism national best sellershortlist costa biography awardfinalist Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Invention of Nature

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De uitvinder van de natuur

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Andrea wulf brengt humboldts gedurfde expedities tot leven en zijn invloed op de moderne wetenschap en natuurbescherming alexander von humboldt 1769 1859 was een moedige ontdekkingsreiziger en de bekendste wetenschapper van zijn tijd hij had een grote honger naar avontuur en ontdekkingen hij be Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: E-book

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 22 oktober 2015

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

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Hoofdauteur: Andrea Wulf

Tweede Auteur: Ralph Lister

Hoofduitgeverij: John Murray

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EAN: 9781848548992

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