Measuring the World
Measuring the World (German: Die Vermessung der Welt) is a novel by German author Daniel Kehlmann, 2005 published by Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek. 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 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. The English translation is by Carol Brown Janeway (November 2006). The book was a bestseller; by 2012 it had sold more than 2.3 million copies in Germany alone.
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Measuring the World
Measuring the World (German: Die Vermessung der Welt) is a novel by German author Daniel Kehlmann, 2005 published by Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek. 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 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. The English translation is by Carol Brown Janeway (November 2006). The book was a bestseller; by 2012 it had sold more than 2.3 million copies in Germany alone.
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Die Vermessung der Welt ist ei ...... ge liegt bei etwa 6 Millionen.
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Les Arpenteurs du monde est un ...... nder von Humboldt (1769–1859).
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Measuring the World (German: D ...... lev Buck was released in 2012.
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Rachuba świata (niem. Die Verm ...... a dyskusji[potrzebny przypis].
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PT2671.E32 V47 2005
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2006-11-07
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Hardcover edition
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ISBN 0-375-42446-6
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September 2005
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Pantheon Books
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Die Vermessung der Welt ist ei ...... ge liegt bei etwa 6 Millionen.
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Les Arpenteurs du monde est un ...... nder von Humboldt (1769–1859).
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Measuring the World (German: D ...... llion copies in Germany alone.
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Rachuba świata (niem. Die Verm ...... a dyskusji[potrzebny przypis].
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Die Vermessung der Welt
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Les Arpenteurs du monde
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Measuring the World
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