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

by Andrea Wulf

Book Overview

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"