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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
Oct 9, 2007 · by Daniel Kehlmann (Author) 3.8 868 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
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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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 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.
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- Daniel Kehlmann
A Novel. By Daniel Kehlmann. Best Seller. Category: Historical Fiction. Paperback $17.00. Oct 09, 2007| ISBN 9780307277398. Buy. Ebook $11.99. Mar 12, 2009| ISBN 9780307496751. Buy. All Formats. +. Paperback$17.00. Oct 09, 2007 | ISBN 9780307277398. Add to Cart. Buy from Other Retailers: Ebook. Mar 12, 2009 | ISBN 9780307496751. Add to Cart.
Oct 4, 2010 · Daniel Kehlmann. Quercus, Oct 4, 2010 - Fiction - 288 pages. Measuring the World recreates the parallel but contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment - the naturalist and...
