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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2692541, member: 81887&quot;]&quot;The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt&#039;s New World&quot;, by Andrea Wulf.&nbsp; It&#039;s a biography of Humboldt, who was a scientist, explorer, and writer in the early 19th century whose name is not well known today, but the author shows how he influenced the modern perception of the world.&nbsp; Humboldt was the first major scientist to take a broad view of how whole ecosystems work, and is the father of ecology.&nbsp; He gave early support and encouragement to a young Charles Darwin, and was a close friend of the South American liberator Simon Bolivar.&nbsp; I&#039;d come across scattered mentions of Humboldt before, but this is the first full study of him I&#039;ve read, and I highly recommend it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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