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Boston Globe: The Invention of Nature

���Wulf ��� is as enthusiastic as her subject ��� vivid and exciting ��� Wulf���s pulsating account brings this dazzling figure back into a dazzling, much-deserved focus��� ��� Boston Globe

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Mail on Sunday: review The Invention of Nature

���This book sets out to restore Humboldt to his rightful place in the pantheon of natural scientists. In the process, Wulf does a great deal more. This meticulously researched work ��� part biography, part cabinet of curiosities ��� takes us on an exhilarating armchair voyage through some of the world���s least hospitable regions, from the steaming Amazon basin to the ice-fringed peaks of Kazakhstan.��� ��� Mail on Sunday

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New York Review of Books: The Invention of Nature

I got the most stunning review in the New York Review of Books ... Yeah. It's even titled 'The Very Great Alexander von Humboldt"

���Thrilling new biography. ��� Wulf���s book is as much a history of those ideas as it is of the man. The man may be lost but his ideas have never been more alive ��� In our Anthropocene age Humboldt���s theories read like prophecy. More important, they offer wisdom about the way forward. It is impossible to read The Invention of Nature without contracting Humboldt fever. Wulf makes Humboldtians of us all. ��� At times The Invention of Nature reads like pulp explorer fiction ��� She has gone to near-Humboldtian lengths to research her book��� ��� New York Review of Books

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Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Longlist: The Invention of Nature

"The Invention of Nature" is also on the longlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. 

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Kirkus Prize 2015: Invention of Nature Finalist

���The Invention of Nature��� has just been selected as one of the six finalists for non���fiction category of Kirkus Prize 2015 ��� one of the richest literary awards in the world.

Announcement of winner is made on 15 October.

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Interview: Diane Rehm Show

Here is my Diane Rehm Show interview about The Invention of Nature.

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New York event 30 September @6pm: New York Academy of Medicine Library

'The Invention of Nature', @ New York Academy of Medicine Library with Columbia University, NY - this is a free event for info see here

Following the free talk: Art in the Age Dinner to celebrate Humboldt's Natur Wasser and Invention of Nature @ New York Academy of Medicine Library @ 8.30pm click here to book tickets via Art in the Age

Invention of Nature: Review New York Times

���As Andrea Wulf remarks in her arresting The Invention of Nature ��� her book is readable, thoughtful and widely researched, and informed by German sources richer than the English canon. It is the first formal biography for many years and may go some way to returning this strange genius to the public��� ��� New York Times Book Review

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Invention of Nature: Chicago Tribune

A lovely article in the Chicago Tribune about Humboldt and The Invention of Nature.

click here for article (paywall): "More influential than Darwin? Meet the guy Humboldt Park was named for"

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Invention of Nature: Review in Dallas Morning News

Lovely review in Dallas Morning News and great about Humboldt's importance for environmental movement.

"The gist of my praise is simple. Wulf recognized not only a good story but also an important one. She has written a fascinating book about a fascinating man whose work influences our thinking even though his name is no longer widely remembered ��� Wulf���s book is about a long-dead great man but also about ourselves." Dallas Morning News

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