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

by Andrea Wulf

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A biography 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. * From the acclaimed author of Magnificent Rebels. "Vivid and exciting.... Wulf's pulsating account brings this dazzling figure back into a dazzling, much-deserved focus." -- The Boston Globe Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was the most famous scientist...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0345806298

ISBN13:9780345806291

Release Date:October 2016

Publisher:Vintage

Length:576 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"

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