ANDREA WULF
ADVENTURES OF ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT, THE LOST HERO OF SCIENCE
Winner of the 2016 Royal Society Science Book Prize.
OUTLINE
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, and the ocean current that runs along the South American coast. There’s a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon.
REVIEWS
A thrilling adventure story. Bill Bryson.
Dazzling. Literary Review.
Extraordinary and gripping. New Scientist.
A superb biography. The Economist.
An exhilarating armchair voyage. - Giles Milton, Mail on Sunday.
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