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Measuring the World
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The most successful German novel since Patrick Süskind's Perfume.
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. Daniel Kehlmann has produced a novel of rare charm and readability, distinguished by its sly humor and unforgettable characterization.
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- David Shoebridge
- 26-03-2017
History, resilience and maths
A fascinating story beautifully told. The narration was a pleasure to listen to.
Apparently about maths, and there's plenty of that, but really a reflection on life.
My only complaint is that it was too short.
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- Tom
- 05-09-2019
light, funny, simple
Really funny, but one dimensional and with little beneath the surface. When I started I was so amused, I couldn't stop. but by half way I was ready for it to finish.
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