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

The invention of nature : Alexander von Humboldt's new world / Andrea Wulf.

Wulf, Andrea, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385350662 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 038535066X (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: xix, 473 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First American edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Scientists > Germany > Biography.
Naturalists > Germany > Biography.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Orford Libraries.

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