"In this meticulously researched and beautifully written biography, Andrea Wulf skilfully rescues Alexander von Humboldt from his undeserved obscurity as she chronicles his long and fascinating life ... n addition to winning the prestigious 2016 Royal Society Insight Investment Popular Science Book Prize and the 2015 Costa Biography Book Prize, this bestseller is more highly celebrated with writing awards than any popular science book that I've ever before read. If you read only one book this year, this is that one book."
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