Andrea Wulf was born in India, brought up in Germany and lives in the UK. She is an award-winning author of five books. Her latest, The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World, won twelve awards, including the Costa Biography Award and the Royal Society Science Book Prize. She is an International Fellow of the Explorers Club and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She regularly appears on radio and television and lectures across the world.
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