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The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt

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內容簡介 「最偉大的科學旅行家」亞歷山大‧馮‧洪堡德南美洲的大冒險彩繪版！洪堡德是十九世紀最負盛名的科學家，他忙碌的一生被探險和發現新事物給填滿，生活充滿了傳奇性的故事，最著名的就是他的理論「大自然並非只為了給人類而存在」。眾多探險中，影響他最深的旅程之一就是在南美洲的五年探險記，本書將探險的精髓，從洪堡德的日記、地圖、著作中淬煉出來，加上精采的插畫，讓這個神奇的探險家在紙上再次活了過來。曾被《博物學家的自然創世紀》驚豔過的讀者，這本書將會讓你更佩服洪堡德，也將會讓你跟著洪堡德徜徉在十九世紀的南美洲大自然中。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 Simón Bolívar, 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.

作者介紹

作者介紹 ANDREA WULF lives in London. She is the author of Chasing Venus, Founding Gardeners, The Brother Gardeners, which was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and awarded the American Horticultural Society Book Award, and The Invention of Nature, a national best seller that won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Costa Biography Award, and the Royal Geographical Society Ness Award and was named one of The New York Times Top 10 Books of the Year. She has written for The New York Times, the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times.LILLIAN MELCHER is an illustrator living and working in Boston, MA. Lillian graduated in 2016 from Parsons School of Design with a degree in illustration. She has been honored with the SCBWI Student Illustrator Scholarship for her picture book portfolio.

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