(PDF Download) The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World Writen By Andrea Wulf

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

By : Andrea Wulf

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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. Alexander von Humboldt (1769 ? 1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four counties, thirteen towns, a river, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infected Siberia or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science and thinking. Among Humboldt's most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature, that it is a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of

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Author : Andrea Wulf

Pages : pages

Publisher : HighBridge Company

Language : eng

ISBN-10 : B016V5CSGQ

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