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The Invention of Nature

Alexander Von Humboldt's New World

by Andrea Wulf

2015 473 pages eng ★ 4.3 (15 ratings)

From the Prologue... When nature is perceived as a web, its vulnerability also becomes obvious. Everything hangs together. If one thread is pulled, the whole tapestry may unravel. After he saw the devastating environmental effects of colonial plantations at Lake Valencia in Venezuela in 1800, Hum…

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