"Hasty translation is a frequent problem with publishers anxious to catch a best-selling wave from elsewhere but fortunately not even clunky sentences can spoil the delight of young Kehlmann's enormously enjoyable fifth novel." - Judith Armstrong, The Age.Measuring the World was made into a film, directed by Detlev Buck, in 2012Ī- : appealing intellectual-historical novel.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author If you see a price sticker on a book, please ignore it.Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.
Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. Measuring the World marks the UK debut of a distinctive and original voice in contemporary fiction.Īll of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. The author's acute powers of observation and ability to write memorable dialogue shine through its every page. Daniel Kehlmann has produced a novel of rare charm and readability, distinguished by its sly humour and unforgettable characterisation. He can run prime numbers in his head, cannot imagine a life without women and yet jumps out of bed on his wedding night to jot down a mathematical formula. Gauss, a man born in poverty who will be recognized as the greatest mathematician since Newton, does not even need to leave his home in Gottingen to know that space is curved.
Humboldt, a Prussian aristocrat schooled for greatness, negotiates savannah and jungle, travels down the Orinoco, climbs the highest mountain known to man, counts head lice, and explores every hole in the ground. Towards the end of the 18th century, these two brilliant young Germans set out to measure the world. Measuring the World recreates the parallel but contrasting lives of two geniuses of the German Enlightenment - the naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt and the mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss.
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