The invention of nature: the adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, the lost hero of science Wulf, Andrea

By:

Wulf, Andrea

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: John Murray 2016 Graeat BritainDescription: xxi, 473 pISBN:

9781848549005

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

509 W8I6

Summary: 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. https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781848549005

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ahmedabad General Stacks	Non-fiction	509 W8I6 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		194395

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Table of Contents:

1.Departure:Emerging ideas
2.Arrival:Collecting ideas
3.Return:Sorting ideas
4.Influence:Spreading ideas
5.New world:Evolving ideas

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.

https://www.hodder.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9781848549005

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