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Vetenskapens bortglömde hjälte : Alexander von Humboldts äventyr
Den visionära tyske naturforskaren Alexander Von Humboldt förändrade vårt sätt att se på naturen - och skapade det moderna miljömedvetandet.Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) var …
Magnificent Rebels
From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a revolutionary group of friends …
The Invention of Nature
WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016'A thrilling adventure story' Bill Bryson'Dazzling' Literary Review 'Brilliant' Sunday …
Founding Gardeners
A story of how George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison's passion for nature, plants, agriculture and gardens shaped the birth of America.
Brother Gardeners
One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram in the American …
This Other Eden
A stunning historical narrative that reveals 300 years of English culture and society through an exploration of seven great gardens, from Tradescant's designs for Hatfield House to …
Die Vermessung des Himmels
The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism
When humans learn languages, are they also learning how to create shared meaning? In The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism, a cadre of international …
Alexander von Humboldt und die Erfindung der Natur
Chasing Venus
On two days in 1761 and 1769 hundreds of astronomers pointed their telescopes towards the skies to observe a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus across the face of the …