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Title The invention of nature : Alexander von Humboldt's new world / Andrea Wulf
Published New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016

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Description xix, 473 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Scientists -- Germany -- Biography
Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 2015017505
ISBN 9780385350662
038535066X