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Wulf, Andrea.

The invention of nature : Alexander von Humboldt's new world / by Andrea Wulf. - First American Edition. - xix, 473 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

"THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue -- Part 1. Departure: Emerging ideas -- Part 2. Arrival: Collecting ideas -- Part 3. Return: Sorting ideas -- Part 4. Influence: Spreading ideas -- Part 5. New worlds: Evolving ideas.

ISBN: 9780385350662 (hardcover) 038535066X (hardcover) 9780345806291 (trade paperback)

LCCN: 2015017505

Subjects--Personal Names:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Scientists--Germany--Biography.
Naturalists--Germany--Biography.

LC Class. No.: Q143.H9 / W85 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 509.2 B