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The Invention of Nature

The Invention of Nature

How Alexander von Humboldt Revolutionized Our World

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Livre de Andrea Wulf · 2 juillet 2015 (États-Unis)

Genres : Histoire, Biographie, Version originale
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lexander 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... Voir plus