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The invention of nature: Alexander von Humboldt's new world

By Andrea , Wulf

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN
9780385350679, 9780385350662, 038535066X, 0385350678
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
45 MB (47634944 bytes)
Series
Borzoi books
Edition
Fifteenth printing
Pages
XIX, 473 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Naturalists;Naturalists--Germany;Scientists;Scient

Description

Prologue -- Part 1. Departure: Emerging ideas -- Part 2. Arrival: Collecting ideas -- Part 3. Return: Sorting ideas -- Part 4. Influence: Spreading ideas -- Part 5. New worlds: Evolving ideas.;A portrait of the German naturalist reveals his ongoing influence on humanity's relationship with the natural world today, discussing such topics as his views on climate change, conservation, and nature as a resource for all life.

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