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Nature's interpreter : the life and times of Alexander von Humboldt /
Inspired by the life and times of Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859 , this biography follows Humboldt, who is considered the father of the Natural Sciences and in his day was as well known as Napoleon, and traces his childhood in what was then Prussia, his education at various Universities his train...
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Cambridge, UK :
Lutterworth Press,
2010.
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