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7557833The Invention of Naturehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-invention-of-nature-9781399828659/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7178408/image.jpg?v=638845642855500000279328MXNJohn Murray PressInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MERLIN SHELDRAKE</strong></p><p>WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD<br />WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016</p><p>A thrilling adventure story Bill Bryson<br />Dazzling <em>Literary Review</em><br />Brilliant <em>Sunday Express</em><br />Extraordinary and gripping <em>New Scientist</em><br />A superb biography <em>The Economist</em><br /><strong>An exhilarating armchair voyage GILES MILTON, <em>Mail on Sunday</em></strong></p><p>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, theres a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon.</p><p>His colourful adventures read like something out of a <em>Boys Own</em> story: Humboldt explored deep into the rainforest, climbed the worlds highest volcanoes and inspired princes and presidents, scientists and poets alike. Napoleon was jealous of him; Simon Bolívars revolution was fuelled by his ideas; Darwin set sail on the <em>Beagle</em> because of Humboldt; and Jules Vernes Captain Nemo owned all his many books. He simply was, as one contemporary put it, the greatest man since the Deluge.</p><p>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 <em>The Invention of Nature</em> 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 its only coming into its own now. Alexander von Humboldt really did invent the way we see nature.</p>...7173218The Invention of Nature279328https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-invention-of-nature-9781399828659/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7178408/image.jpg?v=638845642855500000InStockMXN99999PR_DIEbook20259781399828659_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9781399828659_<p><strong>WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MERLIN SHELDRAKE</strong></p><p>WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD<br />WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016</p><p>A thrilling adventure story Bill Bryson<br />Dazzling <em>Literary Review</em><br />Brilliant <em>Sunday Express</em><br />Extraordinary and gripping <em>New Scientist</em><br />A superb biography <em>The Economist</em><br /><strong>An exhilarating armchair voyage GILES MILTON, <em>Mail on Sunday</em></strong></p><p>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, theres a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon.</p><p>His colourful adventures read like something out of a <em>Boys Own</em> story: Humboldt explored deep into the rainforest, climbed the worlds highest volcanoes and inspired princes and presidents, scientists and poets alike. Napoleon was jealous of him; Simon Bolívars revolution was fuelled by his ideas; Darwin set sail on the <em>Beagle</em> because of Humboldt; and Jules Vernes Captain Nemo owned all his many books. He simply was, as one contemporary put it, the greatest man since the Deluge.</p><p>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 <em>The Invention of Nature</em> 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 its only coming into its own now. Alexander von Humboldt really did invent the way we see nature.</p>...9781399828659_John Murray Presslibro_electonico_9781399828659_9781399828659Andrea WulfInglésMéxico2025-08-14T00:00:00+00:002025-08-14T00:00:00+00:00John Murray Press