In her new book The Invention of Nature, Award-winning British author Andrea Wulf reveals the extraordinary life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he created the way we understand nature today. In this informative and lively talk, Wulf traces Humboldt’s influences through the great minds he inspired, bringing the forgotten father of environmentalism back to life. The Invention of Nature won the prestigious LA Times Book Prize in 2016 and was chosen as one of the 10 Best Books of 2015 in The New York Times.