Episode
Andrea Wulf on The Invention of Nature, Part 1: Humboldt's Naturegemälde
COMPLEXITY · May 21, 2021 · 51 min
When you hear the word “nature,” what comes to mind? Chances are, if you are listening to this in the 21st Century, the image is one of a vast, interconnected, living network — one in which you and your fellow human beings play a complicated part. And yet, this is a relatively recent way of thinking for the modern West. It takes a special kind of thinker — and a special kind of life — to find…