Description: Further DetailsTitle: Measuring the WorldCondition: NewEAN: 9781847241146ISBN: 9781847241146Publisher: Quercus PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/04/2007Language: EnglishItem Height: 199mmItem Length: 132mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 238gAuthor: Daniel KehlmannISBN-10: 184724114XDescription: Measuring the World recreates the parallel but contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment - the naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss. Towards the end of the 18th century, these two brilliant young Germans set out to measure the world. Humboldt, a Prussian aristocrat schooled for greatness, negotiates savannah and jungle, climbs the highest mountain then known to man, counts head lice on the heads of the natives, and explores every hole in the ground. Gauss, a man born in poverty who will be recognised as the greatest mathematician since Newton, does not even need to leave his home in Göttingen to know that space is curved. He can run prime numbers in his head, cannot imagine a life without women and yet jumps out of bed on his wedding night to jot down a mathematical formula. Measuring the World is a novel of rare charm and readability, distinguished by its sly humour and unforgettable characterization. It brings the two eccentric geniuses to life, their longings and their weaknesses, their balancing act between loneliness and love, absurdity and greatness, failure and success.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: FictionRelease Year: 2007 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Measuring the World
Publication Name: Measuring the World
Title: Measuring the World
EAN: 9781847241146
ISBN: 9781847241146
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 10/04/2007
Release Year: 2007
Language: English
Item Height: 199mm
Item Length: 132mm
Item Width: 25mm
Item Weight: 238g
Author: Daniel Kehlmann
ISBN-10: 184724114X
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Fiction