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The invention of nature : Alexander von Humboldt's new world / Andrea Wulf

This biography explores Alexander von Humboldt's vision of nature as an interconnected web. The text details his early warnings regarding human-induced climate change and his influence on nineteenth-century thinkers such as Charles Darwin and Henry David Thoreau.
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