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Measuring the World

Af: Daniel Kehlmann Engelsk Paperback

Measuring the World

Af: Daniel Kehlmann Engelsk Paperback
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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.

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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.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9781847241146
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 184724114X
Udg. Dato: 4 okt 2007
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 131mm
Højde: 196mm
Forlag: Quercus Publishing
Oplagsdato: 4 okt 2007
Forfatter(e): Daniel Kehlmann
Forfatter(e) Daniel Kehlmann


Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur


ISBN-13 9781847241146


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 272


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 131mm


Højde 196mm


Udg. Dato 4 okt 2007


Oplagsdato 4 okt 2007


Forlag Quercus Publishing

Kategori sammenhænge