{"product_id":"invention-of-nature-book-andrea-wulf-9780385350662","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":49566825644305,"sku":"CIN038535066XG","price":7.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49724250456337,"sku":"CIN038535066XVG","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49889731313937,"sku":"GOR008332120","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49920717062417,"sku":"GOR007537758","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51415756374289,"sku":"CIN038535066XA","price":9.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/038535066X.jpg?v=1751429163","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/invention-of-nature-book-andrea-wulf-9780385350662","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}