Andrea Wulf
@andreawulf.bsky.social
Historian and writer of books incl. 'Brother Gardeners', 'Founding Gardeners', ‘Invention of Nature' & ‘Magnificent Rebels’ … www.andreawulf.com and I'm also on Instagram @aswulf
Brilliant Zadie Smith on the importance of culture and British Library www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Brilliant Zadie Smith on the importance of culture and British Library www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Big give away - free signed copies of Invention of Nature in German, Spanish, Dutch & Italian. Chasing Venus in Spanish, Swedish, Japanese, English, Italian & Dutch. Magnificent Rebels in English, Turkish, French & Portuguese. Only UK addresses. Email or DM me. First replies get the books.
November 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Big give away - free signed copies of Invention of Nature in German, Spanish, Dutch & Italian. Chasing Venus in Spanish, Swedish, Japanese, English, Italian & Dutch. Magnificent Rebels in English, Turkish, French & Portuguese. Only UK addresses. Email or DM me. First replies get the books.
I do spy it!
A surprise gift in the mail today: this 1000-piece Charles Darwin puzzle. Thank you, friend!
(Do you spy books by @andreawulf.bsky.social and @catherinemcneur.bsky.social also?)
(Do you spy books by @andreawulf.bsky.social and @catherinemcneur.bsky.social also?)
September 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I do spy it!
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Celebrate by reading The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by the great @andreawulf.bsky.social. A fascinating portrait.
Alexander von Humboldt was born OTD in 1769.
“[My] principal impulse … was the earnest endeavor to comprehend the phenomena of physical objects in their general connection, and to represent nature as one great whole, moved and animated by internal forces.”
🦋🦫🐋🌱🧪#HistSTM #PhilSci
“[My] principal impulse … was the earnest endeavor to comprehend the phenomena of physical objects in their general connection, and to represent nature as one great whole, moved and animated by internal forces.”
🦋🦫🐋🌱🧪#HistSTM #PhilSci
September 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Celebrate by reading The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by the great @andreawulf.bsky.social. A fascinating portrait.
Thank you so much
The Invention of Nature by @andreawulf.bsky.social is a glorious telling of von Humboldt's life and achievements. I thoroughly recommend it for anyone seeking a great read. ⚒️🧪🌍📖
September 14, 1769, birthday of German mining engineer, naturalist & explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
This hand-drawing by Humboldt shows magmatic dikes near Predazzo in the Dolomites, a site that played an important role in the history of geology ⚒️
www.bressan-geoconsult.eu/alexander-vo...
This hand-drawing by Humboldt shows magmatic dikes near Predazzo in the Dolomites, a site that played an important role in the history of geology ⚒️
www.bressan-geoconsult.eu/alexander-vo...
September 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Thank you so much
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Paperback edition of Das Nomadische Jahrhundert! With sehr generous endorsements from the best people! Do get yours! @andreawulf.bsky.social #NomadCentury
August 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Paperback edition of Das Nomadische Jahrhundert! With sehr generous endorsements from the best people! Do get yours! @andreawulf.bsky.social #NomadCentury
I'm excited that “Invention of Nature” is part of @johnmurrays classic series (with Jane Austen & David Attenborough). A new edition with a brilliant foreword by the even more brilliant @MerlinSheldrake
August 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I'm excited that “Invention of Nature” is part of @johnmurrays classic series (with Jane Austen & David Attenborough). A new edition with a brilliant foreword by the even more brilliant @MerlinSheldrake
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De Van der Leeuw-Lezing wordt dit jaar gegeven door @andreawulf.bsky.social en Theunis Piersma @globalflyway.bsky.social
Ontzettend blij met deze twee fantastische sprekers/onderzoekers!
vanderleeuwlezing.nl
Ontzettend blij met deze twee fantastische sprekers/onderzoekers!
vanderleeuwlezing.nl
May 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
De Van der Leeuw-Lezing wordt dit jaar gegeven door @andreawulf.bsky.social en Theunis Piersma @globalflyway.bsky.social
Ontzettend blij met deze twee fantastische sprekers/onderzoekers!
vanderleeuwlezing.nl
Ontzettend blij met deze twee fantastische sprekers/onderzoekers!
vanderleeuwlezing.nl
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Thanks for writing this book. It changed my life too--it inspired me to develop research projects with fantastic colleagues in Ecuador, and now it's fun to be on sabbatical here in Germany as a Humboldt fellow (named after AvH!). I even have a print of the naturgemälde on my office wall :).
May 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Thanks for writing this book. It changed my life too--it inspired me to develop research projects with fantastic colleagues in Ecuador, and now it's fun to be on sabbatical here in Germany as a Humboldt fellow (named after AvH!). I even have a print of the naturgemälde on my office wall :).
Today, 166 years ago Alexander von Humboldt died (he was 89 years). He changed the way we think about nature (describing it as a web of life) & predicted climate change. Can't believe it's been 10 years since I published 'Invention of Nature'. It's change my life. In so many ways.
May 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Today, 166 years ago Alexander von Humboldt died (he was 89 years). He changed the way we think about nature (describing it as a web of life) & predicted climate change. Can't believe it's been 10 years since I published 'Invention of Nature'. It's change my life. In so many ways.
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Good to be reminded, on this sunny morning, that the naturalist and 'father of environmentalism' Alexander von Humboldt was "fueled by his love for nature and science but also by large amounts of coffee which he called 'concentrated sunshine'" - according to @andreawulf.bsky.social
The Forgotten Father of Environmentalism
Alexander von Humboldt revolutionized the Western conception of nature by describing it as an interconnected living web—and in doing so, inspired thinkers from Darwin to Thoreau.
www.theatlantic.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Good to be reminded, on this sunny morning, that the naturalist and 'father of environmentalism' Alexander von Humboldt was "fueled by his love for nature and science but also by large amounts of coffee which he called 'concentrated sunshine'" - according to @andreawulf.bsky.social
Here is my first little outing of the man I’ve spent the last 4 years with … www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...
I visited Tahiti on the trail of an 18th-century literary celebrity
Instead of heading to Bora Bora, I discovered Polynesian culture while trailing George Forster, one of the world’s first travel journalists
www.telegraph.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Here is my first little outing of the man I’ve spent the last 4 years with … www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...
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Reading many books at once, I hardly finish any. But this one was a joy; I wished it'd been longer. "Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self" by @andreawulf.bsky.social is the story of a literary 'set' and a place. But most of all it is a homage to Caroline Schelling.
April 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Reading many books at once, I hardly finish any. But this one was a joy; I wished it'd been longer. "Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self" by @andreawulf.bsky.social is the story of a literary 'set' and a place. But most of all it is a homage to Caroline Schelling.
1 weekend, 5 plays, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg …
Anthropolis-Marathon ... best theatre l've seen in a long time. Very topical those ancient Greeks.
Anthropolis-Marathon ... best theatre l've seen in a long time. Very topical those ancient Greeks.
April 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
1 weekend, 5 plays, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg …
Anthropolis-Marathon ... best theatre l've seen in a long time. Very topical those ancient Greeks.
Anthropolis-Marathon ... best theatre l've seen in a long time. Very topical those ancient Greeks.
A day off, snorkelling and a visit of a baby reef shark … definitely not research #GeorgeForster #FrenchPolynesia
March 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A day off, snorkelling and a visit of a baby reef shark … definitely not research #GeorgeForster #FrenchPolynesia
Raiatea is the sacred homeland of Polynesians and Taputapuatea marae is where it all began. Hobbled through it with my twisted ankle but so glad I finally saw it #research
March 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Raiatea is the sacred homeland of Polynesians and Taputapuatea marae is where it all began. Hobbled through it with my twisted ankle but so glad I finally saw it #research
Hello beautiful Raiatea & Taha’a … and then I twisted my ankle.
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hello beautiful Raiatea & Taha’a … and then I twisted my ankle.
Tauahi’ura - Huahine's mountains that look like silhouette of a pregnant woman on her back in profile (head, nose, chine, breasts, belly). George Forster saw exactly the same view 250 years ago #research #GeorgeForster #Huahine
March 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Tauahi’ura - Huahine's mountains that look like silhouette of a pregnant woman on her back in profile (head, nose, chine, breasts, belly). George Forster saw exactly the same view 250 years ago #research #GeorgeForster #Huahine
March 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Our ride out of Dusky Sound … rain, clouds & lots of mountains. Not my favourite combination 😂
March 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Our ride out of Dusky Sound … rain, clouds & lots of mountains. Not my favourite combination 😂
March 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Two images ... 250 years apart... this is the tree the Resolution used as their gangway in Pickersgill Harbour in Dusky Sound NZ in March & April 1773.
Time portal to George Forster #research
Time portal to George Forster #research
March 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Two images ... 250 years apart... this is the tree the Resolution used as their gangway in Pickersgill Harbour in Dusky Sound NZ in March & April 1773.
Time portal to George Forster #research
Time portal to George Forster #research
Hunkering down before the thunderstorm ... magical & eerie ... in Wet Jacket Arm, an inlet in Dusky Sound that was named by the Resolution crew after Forster and a few men got stuck here in a storm. So it feels very appropriate #research #GeorgeForster
March 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Hunkering down before the thunderstorm ... magical & eerie ... in Wet Jacket Arm, an inlet in Dusky Sound that was named by the Resolution crew after Forster and a few men got stuck here in a storm. So it feels very appropriate #research #GeorgeForster
March 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM