Out with andrea wolf of the Royal Institution in london one of britains foremost establishments for scientific education and research. Proves spent over a decade on the traces of alexander from home vault shes written 2 books about him including an illustrated album about his famous expedition to south and Central America it depicts the hardships he endured but also his fascination encounters and discoveries and it includes his drawings which fundamentally changed your view of the americas. You for whom boyd was for sure one of the greatest scientists of previous times of all times well he was the most famous scientist of his time and i think hes undergoing a little bit of a renaissance at the moment and i think quite rightly so because i think his views. How he brings together the arts and the science how he says that we need to use our imagination and our feelings to understand nature i think are extreme very relevant today as we are dealing with Climate Change so no one dares to tal
If you know him as well as she towns and tray of wolf is an expert on alexander from home life and adventures her biography reintroduce the great naturalist to a new generation of readers and now the world is marking his 250th birthday we met up with andrea wulf at the Royal Institution in london one of britains foremost establishment for scientific education and research. Will spend over a decade on the traces of alexander foreman bolt shes written 2 books about him including an illustrated album about his famous expedition to south and central america. It depicts the hardships he endured but also his fascinating encounters and discoveries and it includes his drawings which fundamentally changed your view of the americas. View alexander for whom boyd was for sure one of the greatest scientists of previous times of all times when he was the most famous scientist of his time and i think hes undergoing a little bit of a renaissance at the moment i think quite rightly so because i think h
natural beauty his discoveries and his observations about manmade disasters illustrator lillian melcher works many of whom original texts and drawings into this wonderful graphic novel. so in a way he became the collaborator so i wrote it. about every single page there something that did his manuscripts his his engravings his original plan specimens his maps is so he has his handwriting is everywhere. untrainable spent a decade researching the life of alexander one 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 there s no doubt that alexander from whom bolt was