Автор: Wulf Andrea Название: Invention of Nature ISBN: 1848549008 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848549005 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Before Longitude no one remembered John Harrison. The Invention of Nature does the same for Alexander von Humboldt
Автор: Wulf, Andrea Название: The Jena Set ISBN: 1529392764 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529392760 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a revolutionary group of friends based in the small German town of Jena whose modern ideas transformed society and the way we lead our lives today
Автор: Wulf, Andrea Название: The Jena Set ISBN: 1529392748 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529392746 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 3795.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a revolutionary group of friends based in the small German town of Jena whose modern ideas transformed society and the way we lead our lives today
Автор: Wulf, Andrea Название: The Jena Set ISBN: 1529392756 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529392753 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2579.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: For fans of &i>The Rosie Project&/i>, &i>The Flatshare&/i> and &i>Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine&/i>, &i>The Theory of (Not Quite) Everything&/i> is an utterly delightful reminder that the bonds of family and calculations of the heart are determined to follow a logic all of their own . . .
Автор: Wulf Andrea Название: Founding Gardeners ISBN: 0099525623 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099525622 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A story of how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison`s passion for nature, plants, agriculture and gardens shaped the birth of America.
Автор: Wulf, Andrea Название: Adv. Of Alex. Von Humboldt ISBN: 1524747378 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781524747374 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2754.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, comes a breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt's five year expedition in South America. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, but his most revolutionary idea was a radical vision of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. His theories and ideas were profoundly influenced by a five-year exploration of South America. Now Andrea Wulf partners with artist Lillian Melcher to bring this daring expedition to life, complete with excerpts from Humboldt's own diaries, atlases, and publications. She gives us an intimate portrait of the man who predicted human-induced climate change, fashioned poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and influenced iconic figures such as Sim n Bol var, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, and John Muir. This gorgeous account of the expedition not only shows how Humboldt honed his groundbreaking understanding of the natural world but also illuminates the man and his passions.
Автор: Wulf, Andrea Название: The Jena Set ISBN: 1984897993 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781984897992 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Wulf Andrea Название: The Invention of Nature ISBN: 0345806298 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345806291 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The acclaimed author of "Founding Gardeners "reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world and in the process created modern environmentalism. NATIONAL BEST SELLER One of the"New York Times "10Best Books of the Year A""Best Book of the Year: "The Economist," "Publishers Weekly," "Kirkus Reviews" Winner of the Costa Biography Award Finalist -- Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist -- Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist -- Kirkus Reviews Prize for Nonfiction Finalist -- Independent Bookshop Week Book Award Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four counties, thirteen towns, a river, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infected Siberia or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science and thinking. Among Humboldt s most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature, that it is a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world and his discoveries of similarities between climate and vegetation zones on different continents. She also discusses 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. Wulf examines how Humboldt s writings inspired other naturalists and poets such as Darwin, Wordsworth, and Goethe, and she makes the compelling case that it was Humboldt s influence that led John Muir to his ideas of natural preservation and that shaped Thoreau s "Walden." With this brilliantly researched and compellingly written book, Andrea Wulf shows the myriad fundamental ways in which Humboldt created our understanding of the natural world, and she champions a renewed interest in this vital and lost player in environmental history and science.
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Автор: Wulf, Andrea Название: The Jena Set ISBN: 0525657118 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525657118 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 3219.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels who changed the way we think about ourselves and the world. When did we begin to be as self-centered as we are today? At what point did we expect to have the right to determine our own lives? When did we first ask the question, how can I be free? It all began in the 1790s in a quiet university town in Germany when a group of playwrights, poets, and writers put the self at center stage in their thinking, writing, and their lives. This brilliant circle included the famous poets Goethe, Schiller, and Novalis, the visionary philosophers Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel, the contentious Schlegel brothers and in a wonderful cameo Alexander von Humboldt. And at the heart of this group was the formidable Caroline Schlegel who sparked their dazzling conversations about the self, nature, identity, and freedom. Their collaboration launched Romanticism onto the world stage, inspiring some of the greatest poets, novelists, and thinkers across the world. In their exuberant lives we find epic quarrels, passionate love stories, heart-breaking grief, and above all, radical ideas--about the creative power of the self, the highest aspirations of art and science, the unity of nature and the true meaning of freedom. The French revolutionaries may have changed the political landscape of Europe, but the young Romantics incited a revolution of the mind that transformed our world forever. We are still empowered by their daring leap into the self. We also still walk the same tightrope between meaningful self-fulfillment and destructive narcissism, between the rights of the individual and our responsibilities toward our community and future generations. At the heart of this inspiring book is the extremely modern tension between the dangers of selfishness and the thrilling possibilities of free will.
