Discovery of Nature

“A marvelous biography... Wulf combines challenging situations with the tremendous impact of science.”

-Independent-

“Like Humboldt himself, The Discovery of Nature is scientific but extremely entertaining.”

-The Times-

“The vivid descriptions of his discoveries… delightful tales… Wulf flows easily from wild adventures to academic tales, and his love for Humboldt is truly infectious.”

-Publishers Weekly-

Described by his contemporaries as the most famous person since Napoleon, Humboldt was one of the most fascinating and inspiring people of his time. Born into a wealthy family, Humboldt gives up a privileged life to discover how the world works on his own. Thomas Jefferson describes him as "one of the great values of the time." “Nothing had stimulated my efforts more than reading Humboldt's Personal Narrative,” wrote Charles Darwin; He says that without Humboldt he could neither have boarded the Beagle nor conceived of the Origin of Species. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge both incorporated Humboldt's concept of nature into their poetry. Revolutionary Simon Bolivar, who liberated South America from Spanish colonial rule, describes Humboldt as "the explorer of the New World". Goethe, Germany's great poet, said that spending a few days with Humboldt was "like living many years."

In addition to getting to know a great scientist like Alexander von Humboldt, Discovery of Nature also sheds light on today's understanding of nature in terms of the relationship between contemporary nature and species.

The Discovery of Nature, counted among the ten best books of 2015 by the New York Times, was published in 23 countries. He received the Royal Society Science Book Award 2016, the Costa Biography Award 2015, the Inaugural James Wright Nature Writing Award 2016, the LA Times Book Award 2016 and the Ness Award 2016 from the Royal Geographical Society.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13.5 x 21.5

First Print Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Number of Pages: 560

Media Type: Paperback