Including the homebuilt current which flows along the western coast of south america theres also the penguin this lily is named after him even. Name. Its weird when you go to america where hardly anyone knows alexander from on board theres so many places named after their best for example there are 13 towns named after him there are 4 counties theres a bay there is a river there is a university named after and theres the how about shes some some younger. Kids kind of teenagers early twentys people know his name because the best marianna comes from humboldt county so they have heard is there but they dont know who he is 150 years ago it was a different story in 196910 years after his death and on the 100th anniversary of his birth who both was only with fireworks around the globe why was he only but forgotten afterwards. Theres not a single big discovery attached to him was the name so he did not come up with the theory of evolution or he didnt discover. And natural law he came up with this idea that nature as a weapon of life weve taken this idea for so technical so so much for granted that weve forgotten the man behind this idea i think thats one thing and the other thing is that he is the his way of doing science of saying yes on the one hand you have to measure everything but on the other hand you also have to use your imagination was absolutely not accepted in the early 20th century anymore and then last but not least at least in the English Speaking world he theres a very strong german sentiment with world war one so that thats the moment when hes going to get pushed out of the public memory here. Many of whom both scientists seem to address contemporary problems not only because we are increasingly dealing with the effects of Climate Change but also because more and more people are asking what they can do to halt it such as those taking part in the fridays to future movement headed by swedish chain richard to. Realize 2 centuries earlier that human intervention in the Natural World can have terrible consequences. Theres a moment in his diary in 81 when hes when hes in in latin america where he actually says that one day we might travel to distant planets and if we do that we will bring who will take our lethal mixture of greed arrogance and while its with us and we will leave those planets as ravaged as weve already done with earth so i think he sees this trajectory what we are what we are. About whats about to happen i mean he in 832 he says there are 3 ways in which the in which humans can affect the climate he says is through deforestation through irrigation and through the great masses of steam and gas at the Industrial Centers 832. 00 so that was pretty like a prediction pretty prophetic. But the time bill finished. Writing the invention of nature she thought she knew everything there was to know about alexander from whom bolt had been bilin state library acquired his diaries which hadnt been accessible to the public before and she wasnt done with one boat yet. There is actually one moment i can tell you exactly when i decided that i had to write a 2nd book about which was when. When his legendary south american diaries where bored so they had been in private ownership until then but at the end of 2013 they were bored by the process and Heritage Foundation and they were made Available Online so this was the moment when the 1st pages became available at the end of 2014 this was the moment when i was just handing over my manuscript for the invention of nature. So i couldnt use them. For the imagination which was not a problem tons of content we cause we had transcriptions but seeing the actual paper pages 4000 pages with hundreds of little sketches and drawings i knew i wanted to do a book that would also show artistic visual side because he did not just understand nature intellectually but also visually so thats when i decided to do whatever you want to call it a kind of graphic novel or a graphic nonfiction illustrated. Journey of discovery or whatever it is but something that would show his stuff this trailer based on the adventures of alexander from home bold shows that the book does more than summarize homebuilt south american adventure he recounts his 1st encounter with the continents Indigenous Peoples his fascination with its Natural Beauty his discoveries and his observations about man made disasters illustrator Lilian Melcher worked many of whom original texts and drawings into this wonderful graphic novel. So in a way he became the collaborator so i wrote it. Up and about on every single page there something that did his manuscripts his his engravings his original plan specimens his maps is so his his handwriting is everywhere. Untrainable spent a decade researching the life of alexander from home in archives libraries and private collections she traveled the world following in his footsteps to find out what he saw and felt on his expeditions she learned about the hardships he endured and the diversity of nature theres no doubt that alexander from whom bolt was a fascinating figure. How do you close the book on someones son vibrant and does she even want to. What i think i want to have to say goodbye forever hes just going to be like an old friend you see not as much as anymore maybe. Im pretty sure that ill continue being interested in him i mean this is the same with my previous books one about the Founding Fathers i didnt talks in advance about it has to do interviews about it not as much as and anymore but i do have the feeling in the last almost 4 years since the invention came out ive been home was opposite the lady and its kind of time to step back at some stage so. In 2020 im going to finally write another book so so i will see less of him i wont get completely divorced but i also will have some new friends which i will have to entertain not just him. Untrainable snoo project is another historical biography this one is about several people she wont reveal to me however she doubt shell ever encounter another figure as exciting and 50 cent and important as alexander from him both the great german naturalist and explore our. Own. Culture. Her. Superfood the way along