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  • A fascinating novel 2  

    Surveyors World (Paperback)
    That it is hard to be a genius! This could be the subtitle of this extraordinary novel ruffling and gifted of contemporary German literature, which quickly became cult novel and best-seller. In the second half of the eighteenth century, soon agitated
  • Very good style 2  

    Surveyors World (Paperback)
    What there is remarkable about this book is still light and lively style. This makes the hot story. The portraits of the great deities in German become fun. To read.
  • arpeneurs the world  

    Surveyors World (Paperback)
    after reading the original version I wanted to share this book with my French speaking friends. They liked. Thank you and thank you Mr. Kehlmann his translator.
  • A beautiful reflection on the existence  

    Surveyors World (Paperback)
    This book is a really complete novel, historical, philosophical (without pedantry) and adventures. He reveals the existence of two diametrically opposed scientific geniuses (late eighteenth. - Early nineteenth century) with great intelligence, but al
  • ... Exciting and informative! 2  

    Surveyors World (Paperback)
    Surveyors World / Daniel Kehlmann A very interesting and captivating book on the life and doings of the explorer Humboldt and mathematician Gauss. Two lives dedicated to their respective passion told with humor, insight and penetration. It must be re
  • Point half measures for this scientific story  

    Surveyors World (Paperback)
    An echo novel about the life of Humboldt, pragmatic largest explorer of South America and Gauss, mathematician genius but homebody. Each chapter crosses their childhood, their journey, their discoveries, their disappointments. Their diametrically opp
  • Custom portraits  

    Surveyors World (Paperback)
    Through the explorer Humboldt and the mathematician Gauss, Daniel Kehlmann offers us a journey through the world, history and science. An ambitious goal served by cross portraits that offer an interesting parallel. The summit, without being disrespec