"The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" von Andrea Wulf ist eine Biografie, die das Leben und die Errungenschaften des preußischen Naturforschers und Entdeckers Alexander von Humboldt beleuchtet. Das Buch...

"The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt" von Lillian Melcher ist ein illustriertes Buch, das die Expeditionen und Entdeckungen des berühmten Naturforschers Alexander von Humboldt nachzeichnet. Das Werk kombiniert historische Dokumente,...

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist: more things are named after him than anyone else including towns, rivers, mountain ranges, a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon. His colourful...

Andrea Wulf was born India and moved to Germany as a child. She trained as a design historian at the Royal College of Art and is the co-author (with Emma Gieben-Gamal) of This Other Eden: Seven Great Gardens and 300 Years of English...

On two days in 1761 and 1769 hundreds of astronomers pointed their telescopes towards the skies to observe a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun. United by this momentous occasion, scientists from...

From the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, a fascinating look at the men who made Britain teh center of the botanical world.Bringing to life the science and adventure of eighteenth-century plant collecting, The Brother...

From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature comes a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a revolutionary group of friends based in the small German town of Jena whose modern ideas transformed society...

A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ • From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels—poets, novelists, philosophers—who, through their epic quarrels, passionate love...

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) changed the way we see the world. An intrepid explorer and visionary scientist, his restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether climbing the highest volcanoes in the world, risking...

Das außergewöhnlichste Buch der Bestsellerautorin Zum 250. Geburtstag des größten deutschen Naturforschers am 14. September 2019 legt die preisgekrönte Humboldtexpertin Andrea Wulf ein farbenprächtiges, opulent illustriertes Buch über...

"Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation" von Andrea Wulf untersucht die Rolle der Natur und des Gartenbaus in den Leben und Ideen der Gründerväter der Vereinigten Staaten. Wulf...

"Alexander von Humboldt und die Erfindung der Natur" von Andrea Wulf ist eine umfassende Biografie über den berühmten Naturforscher Alexander von Humboldt. Das Buch beleuchtet Humboldts Leben, seine Reisen und seine wissenschaftlichen...