Image of that daring adventure he was in he was the best publicist to machine ever. Few know him as well as shoot outs and is an expert on alexander from home life and adventures biography reintroduced the great naturalist to a new generation of readers and now the world is marking his 250th birthday we made out with andrea wulf at the Royal Institution in london one of britains foremost establishments for scientific education and research. Proves. Over a decade on the traces of alexander for home 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 europes view of the americas. You. Had 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