![]() ![]() As a young man, Humboldt became friends with Goethe and other German intellectuals. His mother, on whom he was financially dependent, insisted he become a civil servant. As a child his interests in nature and travel were not taken seriously. ![]() Wulf describes Humboldt's childhood with his emotionally distant mother. Wulf makes the case that Humboldt synthesized knowledge from many different fields to form a vision of nature as one interconnected system, that would go on to influence scientists, activists and the public. The book follows Humboldt from his early childhood and travels through Europe as a young man to his journey through Latin America and his return to Europe. The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World is a nonfiction book released in 2015, by the historian Andrea Wulf about the Prussian naturalist, explorer and geographer Alexander von Humboldt. ![]()
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