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.
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Measuring the world / Daniel Kehlmann ; translated from the German by Carol Brown Janeway.
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London : Quercus, 2007.
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259 p. ; 20 cm.
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This translation originally published: New York: Pantheon, 2006.
ISBN:
9781847241146 (pbk)184724114X (pbk)
Dewey class:
833.9'14
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EnglishGerman
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213910
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