The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science: Costa & Royal Society Prize Winner
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Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist: more things are named after him than anyone else including towns, rivers, mountain ranges, a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon.
His colourful adventures read like something from Boy's Own: Humboldt explored deep into the rainforest, climbed the world's highest volcanoes and inspired princes and presidents, scientists and poets.
Taking us on a fantastic voyage in his footsteps, Andrea Wulf shows why his life and ideas remain so important today. Before Longitude no one remembered John Harrison. The Invention of Nature does the same for Alexander von Humboldt
