Name: The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner (John Murray)
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Author: Andrea Wulf
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Andrea Wulf

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John Murray Publishers Ltd

Year

2016

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English

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9781848549005

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The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner (John Murray)

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Synopsis "The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner (John Murray)"

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 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.

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Andrea Wulf nació en India, se mudó a Alemania de niña y hoy vive en Londres, donde da clases de Historia del Diseño en el Royal College of Art. Es autora de libros como The Brother Gardeners y Founding Gardeners. The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation, aclamado por la crítica. Ha colaborado con medios como The New York Times, The LA Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times y The Guardian, entre otros medios. Ha dado conferencias en lugares como la Royal Geographical Society, la Royal Society de Londres, la American Philosophical Society de Philadelphia y la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York. Es autora, entre otros libros, de la maravillosa biografía de Alexander Von Humboldt La invención de la naturaleza (Taurus, 2016), best seller internacional, con el que obtuvo más de quince premios internacionales (incluidos el Royal Society Science Book Award y el Costa Biography Award) y de la novela gráfica El increíble viaje de Alexander von Humboldt al corazón de la naturaleza (Random Comics, 2019).

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