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Measuring the world

Kehlmann, Daniel, 1975-2007
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Towards the end of the 18th century, naturalist and explorer, Alexander von Humboldt and mathematician and physicist, Carl Friedrich Gauss, set out to measure the world. This novel brings the two eccentric geniuses to life.
Main title:
Measuring the world / Daniel Kehlmann ; translated from the German by Carol Brown Janeway.
Author:
Kehlmann, Daniel, 1975-
Imprint:
London : Quercus, 2007.
Collation:
259 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: New York: Pantheon, 2006.
ISBN:
9781847241146 (pbk)184724114X (pbk)
Dewey class:
833.9'14F
Local class:
FICF
Language:
EnglishGerman
Added title:
Vermessung der Welt. English
Subject:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- FictionGauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-1855 -- FictionScientists -- History -- 18th century -- FictionMetrology -- History -- 18th century -- FictionBiographical fiction
BRN:
35061
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