
by Daniel Kehlmann · Random House · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439743019
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Measuring the World is a novel by German author Daniel Kehlmann that tells the story of two German scholars from the 18th century: Alexander von Humboldt, a naturalist and explorer, and Carl Friedrich Gauss, a mathematician. The novel follows their lives and adventures as they attempt to measure and understand the world around them. With a style that mixes humor and irony, Kehlmann presents a human portrait of these geniuses, showing both their greatness and their weaknesses.

Daniel Kehlmann is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.