A világ fölmérése

Author: Daniel Kehlmann
Binding method: hardboard, thread binding
Publication: 2007
Publisher: Magvető Publishing House
Page number: 294
Weight [g]: 400
Two old, somewhat cranky scientists (Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss) meet for the first time in 1828 in Berlin to join forces for the sake of science. However, the explorer who has traveled the world and the scientist who shuts himself up in his room have only one thing in common: a passionate desire for knowledge. The author tells the life of the two geniuses, their successes and failures, their tightrope walk on the border of greatness and ridiculousness in a humorous and enjoyable style.