Summary of The Invention of Nature

Summary of The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf | Includes Analysis

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The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf is a biography of Alexander von

Humboldt, a Prussian naturalist born in 1769. Humboldt had an older brother,

Wilhelm. Their father died when they were young, and their mother was

emotionally detached from her sons. Alexander and Wilhelm received exacting

educations. Alexander became interested in exploration and science, but his mother

pressured him to become a civil servant, so he attended a mining academy to

become a mine inspector while conducting his own botanical research. He invented

new tools for miners, published books on subterranean plants and rocks, and

experimented with the effect of electricity on the nervous system.

Wilhelm introduced Alexander von Humboldt to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,

the renowned author, and they formed a close friendship based on a mutual interest

in the intersection of science and art. Humboldt gained an appreciation for

aesthetic perspective from Goethe, and Goethe received the latest in scientific

information from Humboldt…

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