Measuring the World

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Measuring the World
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First edition (German)
AuthorDaniel Kehlmann
Original titleDie Vermessung der Welt
TranslatorCarol Brown Janeway
LanguageGerman
GenreNovel
PublisherRowohlt Verlag
Pantheon Books
Publication date
September 2005
Publication placeGermany
Published in English
November 7, 2006
Pages304 (German hardcover edition)
272 (English hardcover edition)
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OCLC61714982
LC ClassPT2671.E32 V47 2005

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Measuring the World (Template:Langx) is a novel by German-Austrian author Daniel Kehlmann, published in 2005 by Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek. The novel re-imagines the lives of German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss and German geographer Alexander von Humboldt—who was accompanied on his journeys by French explorer Aimé Bonpland—and their many groundbreaking ways of taking the world's measure,[1] as well as Humboldt's and Bonpland's travels in America and Humboldt's meeting with Gauss in 1828. One subplot fictionalises the conflict between Gauss and his son Eugene; while Eugene wanted to become a linguist, his father decreed that he study law. The book was a bestseller; by 2012, it had sold more than 2.3 million copies in Germany alone.[2]

A film version directed by Detlev Buck was released in 2012.[3]

Translations

The English translation is by Carol Brown Janeway (November 2006).[4]

Rosa Pilar Blanco translated the book into Spanish.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Daum, Andreas W. (2024). Alexander von Humboldt: A Concise Biography. Trans. Robert Savage. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-24736-6.
  2. ^ Zwei Genies erforschen die Welt – in 3D! Script error: No such module "webarchive"., bild.de, 25 October 2012
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Measuring the World IMDb". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Oort, F. (2008). "Review of Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann, trans. by Carol Brown Janeway" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 55 (6): 681–684. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2024-05-03.

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