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At the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world, as Alexander von Humboldt journeys to unexplored regions of the planet, and Carl Friedrich Gauss uses his mathematical skills to solve some of the greatest puzzles of hi
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Measuring the world, Daniel Kehlmann
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- Released
- 2006
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- Title
- Measuring the world
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Daniel Kehlmann
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0375424466
- ISBN13
- 9780375424465
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure, German Literature, Germany, Adapted for Film, Journey, Research, Biographical novels, South America, History of Science, Amazon, Amazon River, Central European Literature, Natural Scientists, Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859
- First published
- 2005
- Original title
- Die Vermessung der Welt
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- At the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world, as Alexander von Humboldt journeys to unexplored regions of the planet, and Carl Friedrich Gauss uses his mathematical skills to solve some of the greatest puzzles of hi