by Daniel Kehlmann · Quercus Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847241146
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«Measuring the World» is the historical novel by Daniel Kehlmann, published by Quercus Publishing in paperback (272 pages, in English).
In the eighteenth century, two brilliant young Germans set out to measure the world. Alexander von Humboldt, naturalist and aristocratic explorer, travels through jungles and mountains and studies indigenous peoples. Carl Friedrich Gauss, a mathematician born poor, does not need to leave Göttingen to know that space is curved. The novel contrasts both lives.
English edition of 2007, translated by Carol Brown Janeway; the novel was originally published in German.
A read for fans of literary and historical fiction and biographies of Enlightenment scientists.
Daniel Kehlmann is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.
