The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
by Andrea Wulf
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Publishers Weekly's Best Books — 2015 · publishersweekly.com
"Andrea Wulf's superb popular science biography "The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World," which ranges across Europe and South America and the beginnings of environmentalism in the 19th century."
By the Book: Richard Holmes · nytimes.com