Title Measuring the world

Published London : Quercus, 2007

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Description 259 pages ; 23 cm regular print Summary 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 Notes Translated from German by Carol Brown Janeway Translated from the German Subject Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-1855 -- Fiction. Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Fiction. German fiction. Historical fiction, German. SUBJECT Germany -- History -- 1740-1806 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054568 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Genre/Form Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. Author Janeway, Carol Brown. ISBN 1847240453 184724114X (paperback) 9781847240453 9781847241146

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