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＜p＞＜strong＞Summary of The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf | Includes Analysis＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Preview:＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf is a biography of Alexander von＜/p＞ ＜p＞Humboldt, a Prussian naturalist born in 1769. Humboldt had an older brother,＜/p＞ ＜p＞Wilhelm. Their father died when they were young, and their mother was＜/p＞ ＜p＞emotionally detached from her sons. Alexander and Wilhelm received exacting＜/p＞ ＜p＞educations. Alexander became interested in exploration and science, but his mother＜/p＞ ＜p＞pressured him to become a civil servant, so he attended a mining academy to＜/p＞ ＜p＞become a mine inspector while conducting his own botanical research. He invented＜/p＞ ＜p＞new tools for miners, published books on subterranean plants and rocks, and＜/p＞ ＜p＞experimented with the effect of electricity on the nervous system.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Wilhelm introduced Alexander von Humboldt to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,＜/p＞ ＜p＞the renowned author, and they formed a close frien．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る