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One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
A Best Book of the Year: The Economist, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
Winner of the Costa Biography Award

Finalist -- Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Finalist -- Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
Finalist -- Kirkus Reviews Prize for Nonfiction

Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four counties, thirteen towns, a river, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infected Siberia or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science and thinking. Among Humboldt’s most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature, that it is a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone.

Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world and his discoveries of similarities between climate and vegetation zones on different continents. She also discusses his prediction of human-induced climate change, his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar and Thomas Jefferson. Wulf examines how Humboldt’s writings inspired other naturalists and poets such as Darwin, Wordsworth, and Goethe, and she makes the compelling case that it was Humboldt’s influence that led John Muir to his ideas of natural preservation and that shaped Thoreau’s Walden.

With this brilliantly researched and compellingly written book, Andrea Wulf shows the myriad fundamental ways in which Humboldt created our understanding of the natural world, and she champions a renewed interest in this vital and lost player in environmental history and science.

精彩书评

“Engrossing. . . . Wulf magnificently recreates Humboldt’s dazzling， complex personality and the scope of his writing. . . . Her book fulfills her aim to restore Humboldt to his place ‘in the pantheon of nature and science，’ revealing his approach as a key source for our modern understanding of the natural world.”
—The Wall Street Journal

“Gripping. . . . Wulf has delved deep into her hero’s life and travelled widely to feel nature as he felt it. . . . No one who reads this brilliant book is likely to forget Humboldt.”
—New Scientist

“Wulf (Chasing Venus) makes an impassioned case for the reinstatement of the boundlessly energetic， perpetually curious， prolific polymath von Humboldt (1769–1859) as a key figure in the history of science. . . . Wulf’s stories of wilderness adventure and academic exchange flow easily， and her affection for von Humboldt is contagious.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review and staff pick)

“Andrea Wulf is a writer of rare sensibilities and passionate fascinations. I always trust her to take me on unforgettable journeys through amazing histories of botanical exploration and scientific unfolding. Her work is wonderful， her language sublime， her intelligence unflagging.”
—Elizabeth Gilbert， bestselling author of The Signature of All Things and Big Magic

"The Invention of Nature is a big， magnificent， adventurous book—so vividly written and daringly researched—a geographical pilgrimage and an intellectual epic! With brilliant， surprising， and thought-provoking connections to Simón Bolívar， Charles Darwin， William Herschel， Charles Lyell， Walt Whitman， Edgar Allan Poe， Henry David Thoreau， and George Perkins Marsh. The book is a major achievement.”
—Richard Holmes， author of Coleridge and The Age of Wonder

“Engrossing. . . . Humboldt was the Einstein of the 19th century but far more widely read， and Wulf successfully combines a biography with an intoxicating history of his times.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“This is a truly wonderful book. The German-speaking world does not need to be reminded of Alexander Humboldt， the last universal genius of European history. The English-speaking world does， astonishingly， need such a reminder， and Andrea Wulf has told the tale with such brio， such understanding， such depth. The physical journeyings， all around South America when it was virtually terra incognita， are as exciting as the journeys of Humboldt’s mind into astronomy， literature， philosophy and every known branch of science. This is one of the most exciting intellectual biographies I have ever read， up there with Lewes’s Goethe and Ray Monk’s Wittgenstein. And all around the subject is the world， gradually learning to be modern—sometimes it knew it was being taught by Humboldt， sometimes not， but there is hardly a branch of knowledge which he did not touch and influence. Hoorah， hoorah!!”
—A. N. Wilson， author of The Victorians and Victoria： A Life

“Andrea Wulf’s marvelous book should go a long way towards putting this captivating eighteenth century German scientist， traveler and opinion-shaper back at the heart of the way we look at the world which Humboldt helped to interpret， and whose environmental problems he predicted. She has captured the excitement and intimacy of his experiences within the pages of this irresistible and consistently absorbing life of a man whose discoveries have shaped the way we see.”
—Miranda Seymour， author of Noble Endeavors： A History of England and Germany

“Exuberant， delightful. . . . Wulf is unquestionably right that von Humboldt—a happy， sarcastic， preternaturally talented polymath—is far less well-known outside of Germany than he should be. If The Invention of Nature reaches the wide readership it deserves， we can hope that situation will change.”
—Open Letters Monthly
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