In den Anti-Corona-Protesten wurde deutlich, wie tief inzwischen die Skepsis gegenüber parlamentarischer Demokratie und wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen in ganz unterschiedlichen Teilen der Bevölkerung verankert ist: Impfgegner, Klimawandelleugner, Verschwörungstheoretiker, Reichsbürger und Neonazis marschieren nebeneinander – ohne Abstand. Dieses Buch analysiert das Phänomen einer erschreckend breiten Allianz: von neuen und alten Feinden einer aufgeklärten Gesellschaft und des demokrati...

'Andrea Wulf belongs to the small, splendid canon of writers unafraid to render fact with feeling' Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian and author of FiguringAn inspiring biography of the remarkable naturalist, explorer and revolutionary, by the bestselling author of The Invention of NatureGeorge Forster was a man out of time: he journeyed to the far reaches of the known world and challenged t...

WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016'A thrilling adventure story' Bill Bryson'Dazzling' Literary Review'Brilliant' Sunday Express'Extraordinary and gripping' New Scientist'A superb biography' The Economist'An exhilaratin...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MERLIN SHELDRAKE**WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016'A thrilling adventure story' Bill Bryson'Dazzling' Literary Review'Brilliant' Sunday Express'Extraordinary and gripping' New Scientist'A superb biography' The Economist**'An exhilarating armchair voyage' GILES MILTON, Mail on Sunday

'A witty, gossipy, sparkling history, full of bright jewels of anecdote... Magnificent Rebels is a triumph' THE TIMES, Book of the Week'Extraordinary... A thrilling intellectual history that reads like a racy, intelligent novel, with a cast of unforgettable characters' SUNDAY TIMES'Magnificent Rebels is a magnificent book: a revelation which could easily become an obsession' SPECTATOR...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. • From the acclaimed author of Magnificent Rebels."Vivid and exciting.... Wulf’s pulsating account brings this dazzling figure back into a dazzling, much-deserved focus.” —The Boston Globe**Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was the most famous scientist of hi...

Der neue Bestseller von Andrea Wulf - »›Fabelhafte Rebellen‹« ist eine Möglichkeit, die deutsche Geistesgeschichte zum Tanzen zu bringen, sie für sich persönlich zu entdecken und unglaublich viel für das eigene Leben zu lernen.« Denis ScheckUm 1800 galt die Idee vom freien Individuum als brandgefährlich. Und doch wagte es eine Gruppe von Denkern in der Universitätsstadt Jena, das Ich in den Mittelpunkt ihres Denkens, Schreibens und Lebens zu stellen. Zu diesen fabe...

**A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ • From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels—poets, novelists, philosophers—who, through their epic quarrels, passionate love stories, heartbreaking grief, and radical ideas launched Romanticism onto the world stage, inspiring some of the greatest thinkers of the time.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times • The Washington Post...

Descritto dai suoi contemporanei come “l’uomo più famoso al mondo dopo Napoleone”, Alexander von Humboldt fu uno dei personaggi più affascinanti e stimolanti del suo tempo. Nato nel 1769 in una ricca famiglia aristocratica prussiana, rinunciò a una vita privilegiata per scoprire come funzionava il mondo. I suoi viaggi e le sue esplorazioni in ogni angolo del globo ne plasmarono il pensiero e ne fecero un personaggio leggendario, ammirato e citato come diretta influenza non solo da studiosi...

Quando i soldati prussiani arrestarono Caroline Böhmer sembrò che una rivoluzione fosse stata stroncata sul nascere. La giovane donna, che viaggiava in compagnia della piccola Auguste di soli sette anni, era stata tra quanti, in Germania, avevano appoggiato l’occupazione di Magonza da parte dei repubblicani francesi. Caroline venne catturata e imprigionata senza processo assieme a coloro che avevano sognato di ripetere, in quella terra ancora feudale, l’esperienza della Rivoluzione frances...

On two days in 1761 and 1769 hundreds of astronomers pointed their telescopes towards the skies to observe a rare astronomical event: the transit of Venus across the face of the sun.United by this momentous occasion, scientists from around the globe came together to answer the essential question: how can the universe be measured? In Chasing Venus Andrea Wulf paints a vivid portrait of the rivalries, triumphs and misfortunes that befell these men, along with their passion a...

Meet Alexander von Humboldt: the great lost scientist, visionary, thinker and daring explorer; the man who first predicted climate change, who has more things named after him than anyone else (including a sea on the moon), and who has inspired generations of writers, thinkers and revolutionaries . . .In The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, 88-year-old Humboldt takes us on a fantastic voyage, back through his life, tracing his footsteps around the rain...