Kehlmann, Daniel. Measuring The World. First Edition in excellent condition. London, Quercus, 2007. 22.3cm x 14cm. 259 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Two young Germans in heydey of German Enlightenment/ Naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, a Prussian aristocrat schooled for greatness/ savannah and jungle/ the Orinoco/ mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss, known as greatest mathematician since Newton/ a novel of charm and sly humour, unforgettable characterisation/ two eccentric geniuses.