Albrecht Schuch
Alexander von Humboldt
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The novel re-imagines the lives of German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss and German geographer Alexander von Humboldt—who was accompanied on his journeys by French explorer Aimé Bonpland—and their many groundbreaking ways of taking the world's measure, as well as Humboldt's and Bonpland's travels in America and their meeting in 1828 ...
- Daniel Kehlmann
- 2005
Jan 1, 2005 · 19,099 ratings1,366 reviews. The young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann conjures a brilliant and gently comic novel from the lives of two geniuses of the Enlightenment. Toward the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world. One of them, the Prussian aristocrat Alexander von Humboldt, negotiates savanna and ...
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- Hardcover
Oct 9, 2007 · 3.8 867 ratings. See all formats and editions. Measuring the World marks the debut of a glorious new talent on the international scene. Young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann’s brilliant comic novel revolves around the meeting of two colossal geniuses of the Enlightenment.
- Daniel Kehlmann
- $10.69
- Vintage
Nov 7, 2006 · 3.8 867 ratings. See all formats and editions. The young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann conjures a brilliant and gently comic novel from the lives of two geniuses of the Enlightenment. Toward the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world.
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Oct 09, 2007 | ISBN 9780307277398. Add to Cart. Buy from Other Retailers: Ebook. +. About Measuring the World. Measuring the World marks the debut of a glorious new talent on the international scene. Young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann’s brilliant comic novel revolves around the meeting of two colossal geniuses of the Enlightenment.
- Daniel Kehlmann
- Paperback
Oct 4, 2007 · Measuring the World recreates the parallel but contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment - the naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss.
- Daniel Kehlmann
Nov 23, 2010 · English. At the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world, as Alexander von Humboldt journeys to unexplored regions of the planet, and Carl Friedrich Gauss uses his mathematical skills to solve some of the greatest puzzles of his age. Access-restricted-item.
