by Daniel Kehlmann · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807720031
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«La misura del mondo» is the historical novel by Daniel Kehlmann, published by Feltrinelli in paperback (254 pages, in Italian).
It narrates the intersecting lives of the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss and the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, from their childhood to the congress of scientists held in Berlin in 1828, where their paths meet. It combines the account of the travels and treatises that advanced modern geography and mathematics with a portrait of the era of greatest splendour of German culture.
The original German title is «Die Vermessung der Welt»; this Italian edition, translated by Paola Olivieri, belongs to the Universale Economica collection.
A read for those who enjoy historical fiction and biographical accounts of scientists, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century German culture.
Daniel Kehlmann is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.
