Measuring the world
Kehlmann, Daniel
Measuring the world Die Vermessung der Welt - New York Vintage Books ©2006 - 259 p 21/13,5/1,5 cm Paperback
At the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world, as Alexander von Humboldt journeys to unexplored regions of the planet, and Carl Friedrich Gauss uses his mathematical skills to solve some of the greatest puzzles of his age.
IB
9780307277398
Humboldt, Alexander von, -- 1769-1859 -- Fiction Gauss, Carl Friedrich
HF (Historical Fiction)
Measuring the world Die Vermessung der Welt - New York Vintage Books ©2006 - 259 p 21/13,5/1,5 cm Paperback
At the end of the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world, as Alexander von Humboldt journeys to unexplored regions of the planet, and Carl Friedrich Gauss uses his mathematical skills to solve some of the greatest puzzles of his age.
IB
9780307277398
Humboldt, Alexander von, -- 1769-1859 -- Fiction Gauss, Carl Friedrich
HF (Historical Fiction)