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Measuring the World – Daniel Kehlmann

R80.00

– Translated by Carol Brown Janeway –

“The novel re-imagines the lives of German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss and German geographer Alexander von Humboldt—who was accompanied on his journeys by French explorer Aimé Bonpland—and their many groundbreaking ways of taking the world’s measure, as well as Humboldt’s and Bonpland’s travels in America and their meeting in 1828. One subplot fictionalises the conflict between Gauss and his son Eugene; while Eugene wanted to become a linguist, his father decreed that he study law.”

Price: R80.00

Edition: First British edition

Published: 2007

Publishers: Quercus

ISBN: 9781847240460

Condition: Very minor shelf wear to the right-hand side of the front cover, otherwise in excellent condition.

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– Translated by Carol Brown Janeway –

“The novel re-imagines the lives of German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss and German geographer Alexander von Humboldt—who was accompanied on his journeys by French explorer Aimé Bonpland—and their many groundbreaking ways of taking the world’s measure, as well as Humboldt’s and Bonpland’s travels in America and their meeting in 1828. One subplot fictionalises the conflict between Gauss and his son Eugene; while Eugene wanted to become a linguist, his father decreed that he study law.”

Price: R80.00

Edition: First British edition

Published: 2007

Publishers: Quercus

ISBN: 9781847240460

Condition: Minor shelf wear to the right-hand side of the front cover, otherwise in excellent condition.

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Weight 337 g