{"product_id":"9781399827164","title":"The Invention of Nature","description":"Author: Andrea Wulf\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399827164\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: John Murray\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 512 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MERLIN SHELDRAKE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A thrilling adventure story' Bill Bryson\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Dazzling' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Brilliant' \u003ci\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Extraordinary and gripping'\u003ci\u003e New Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A superb biography' \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An exhilarating armchair voyage' GILES MILTON, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist - more things are named after him than anyone else. There are towns, rivers, mountain ranges, the ocean current that runs along the South American coast, there's a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis colourful adventures read like something out of a \u003ci\u003eBoy's Own\u003c\/i\u003e story: Humboldt explored deep into the rainforest, climbed the world's highest volcanoes and inspired princes and presidents, scientists and poets alike. Napoleon was jealous of him; Simon Bolivar's revolution was fuelled by his ideas; Darwin set sail on the \u003ci\u003eBeagle\u003c\/i\u003e because of Humboldt; and Jules Verne's Captain Nemo owned all his many books. He simply was, as one contemporary put it, 'the greatest man since the Deluge'.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking us on a fantastic voyage in his footsteps - racing across anthrax-infected Russia or mapping tropical rivers alive with crocodiles - Andrea Wulf shows why his life and ideas remain so important today. Humboldt predicted human-induced climate change as early as 1800, and \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e traces his ideas as they go on to revolutionize and shape science, conservation, nature writing, politics, art and the theory of evolution. He wanted to know and understand everything and his way of thinking was so far ahead of his time that it's only coming into its own now. Alexander von Humboldt really did invent the way we see nature.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46395818279070,"sku":"ADS-9781399827164","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399827164.jpg?v=1768266422","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399827164","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}