Description
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, there's a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon. 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.
Details
  • Author: Wulf, Andrea
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publication Date: 24/03/2016
  • ISBN: 9781848549005
  • B-Code: B027982
  • Illustrated:
  • Pages: 496
  • Dimensions: 201x168mm
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