{"product_id":"invention-of-nature-book-andrea-wulf-9780345806291","title":"The Invention of Nature","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A biography 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. - From the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eMagnificent Rebels. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVivid and exciting.... Wulf's pulsating account brings this dazzling figure back into a dazzling, much-deserved focus. --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was the most famous scientist of his age, a visionary German naturalist and polymath whose discoveries forever changed the way we understand the natural world. Among his most revolutionary ideas was a radical conception of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. In North America, Humboldt's name still graces towns, counties, parks, bays, lakes, mountains, and a river. And yet the man has been all but forgotten. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this illuminating biography, Andrea Wulf brings Humboldt's extraordinary life back into focus: his prediction of human-induced climate change; his daring expeditions to the highest peaks of South America and to the anthrax-infected steppes of Siberia; his relationships with iconic figures, including Sim n Bol var and Thomas Jefferson; and the lasting influence of his writings on Darwin, Wordsworth, Goethe, Muir, Thoreau, and many others. Brilliantly researched and stunningly written, \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the myriad ways in which Humboldt's ideas form the foundation of modern environmentalism--and reminds us why they are as prescient and vital as ever.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49562718437649,"sku":"CIN0345806298G","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49949062856977,"sku":"CIN0345806298VG","price":7.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50095875096849,"sku":"CIN0345806298A","price":7.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50309118296337,"sku":"GOR008358547","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":50406482706705,"sku":"CIN0345806298LN","price":4.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51001200804113,"sku":"NIN9780345806291","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52951967105297,"sku":"GOR008530503","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53162948329745,"sku":"GOR008620320","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53439591645457,"sku":"GOR011678401","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0345806298.jpg?v=1751165800","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/invention-of-nature-book-andrea-wulf-9780345806291","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}