The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science Conservatism & Liberalism A young girl contrasts the

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The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science Conservatism & Liberalism A young girl contrasts theAlexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) is the great lost scientist more things are named after him than anyone else. There are towns, rivers, mountain ranges, the ocean current that runs along the South American coast, there's a penguin, a giant squid even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon. His colorful adventures read like something out of a Boy's Own story: Humboldt explored deep into the rainforest, climbed the world's highest volcanoes and inspired