Alexander von Humboldt's New World
by Andrea Wulf
Recommended by 3 notable people, including Simon Kuestenmacher and Alan Eyre
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The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world?and in the process created modern environmentalism. Alexander von Humboldt (1769 ? 1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North Ame...
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