The invention of nature
(Audiobook on CD)

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Published
[United States] : Highbridge Company, 2015.
Format
Audiobook on CD
Edition
Unabridged.
ISBN
9781622319800
Physical Desc
11 CDs ( 14 hrs. ) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Central Library - Media - Main Level - Audiobook CDs
509.2
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Published
[United States] : Highbridge Company, 2015.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
ISBN
9781622319800
UPC
9781622319800

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Compact Discs.
Participants/Performers
Read by David Drummond.
Description
Alexander von Humboldt was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infested Siberia. He came up with a radical vision of nature, that it was a complex and interconnected global force and did not exist for man's use alone. Ironically, his ideas have become so accepted and widespread that he has been nearly forgotten. Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his investigation of wild environments around the world; his discoveries of similarities between climate zones on different continents; his prediction of human-induced climate change; his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation; and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simon Bolivar and Thomas Jefferson.
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"This masterful 'life and times' of one of the nineteenth century's eminent naturalists, explorers, and international celebrities will appeal to a wide audience, and deservedly so."--AudioFile
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"Humboldt was the Einstein of the 19th century but far more widely read, and Wulf successfully combines a biography with an intoxicating history of his times. Starred Review."--Kirkus Reviews

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wulf, A., & Drummond, D. (. (2015). The invention of nature (Unabridged.). Highbridge Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wulf, Andrea and David (Narrator) Drummond. 2015. The Invention of Nature. Highbridge Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Wulf, Andrea and David (Narrator) Drummond. The Invention of Nature Highbridge Company, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wulf, Andrea, and David (Narrator) Drummond. The Invention of Nature Unabridged., Highbridge Company, 2015.

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