Alexander von Humboldt

Patricia Gosling reviews the life of a visionary scientist and writer

Oil on canvas portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1843. | Photo: Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Friends who are concerned about environmental issues, and the impact we humans are having upon our planet, might be interested in a book by Andrea Wulf – The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science.

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