Alexander von Humboldt was a naturalist and explorer whose books about his travels won legions of admirers, among them the young Charles Darwin. Andrea Wulf, who wrote the biography The Invention ...

Joining them, Andrea Wulf presents her findings on the extraordinary scientist Alexander von Humboldt, a seminal figure in human attempts to understand nature. And it was nearly fifty years ago ...

Andrea Wulf is the author of several award-winning books, including ‘The Invention of Nature’ (2015), about the naturalist, explorer and geographer Alexander von Humboldt. Wulf makes the case that ...