Invention of Nature

WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD

WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016

''A thrilling adventure story'' Bill Bryson

''Dazzling'' Literary Review

''Brilliant'' Sunday Express

''Extraordinary and gripping'' New Scientist

''A superb biography'' The Economist

''An exhilarating armchair voyage'' GILES MILTON, Mail on Sunday

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist -...