Past event

The Invention of Nature

Monday, May 09 2016 at 05:30 PM
94 George Street Providence, RI 02906
Pursh, Frederick, 1774-1820 Flora Americae septentrionalis; or A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America ... Vol. I London; Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co., Fleet Street D814 P986

The John Carter Brown Library presents a lecture by Andrea Wulf titled "The Invention of Nature." Wulf will discuss how Alexander von Humboldt influenced several great minds throughout history and inspired talks about revolution, evolution, ecology and many other topics. Wulf is the author of a New York Times best-selling book that shares the name of the lecture. The event is co-sponsored by the Providence Athenaeum.