The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World

Name: The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
ISBN: 9780385350662

by Andrea Wulf

Kirkus Prize · 2015 · Shortlist

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KnopfSeptember 8, 2015Biography & Memoir Nonfiction Science & NatureISBN 9780385350662

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction	2015	Shortlist

About This Book

Andrea Wulf's biography of Alexander von Humboldt argues that the German naturalist invented the modern conception of nature as an interconnected web of life, influencing Darwin, Wordsworth, Goethe, and Thoreau. Shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize.

About the Author

Andrea WulfGerman-British

Andrea Wulf (born 1967) is a German-British historian and writer specializing in non-fiction biographies of explorers and scientists. She is best known for The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World (2015), which won the Costa Biography Award, Royal Society Science Book Prize, LA Times Book Prize, and many others; other notable works include Founding Gardeners and Magnificent Rebels. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature since 2018, her books have been New York Times bestsellers and translated into numerous languages. Read more →