Join us for a book club chat and naturalist-led hike! January’s book is “The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World” by Andrea Wulf. Meet at the Visitor Center.
Mention CNC's Nature Book Club and get 10% off when you order your book at bookmarks in Downtown Midland!
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was the most famous scientist of his age, a visionary German naturalist and polymath whose discoveries forever changed the way we understand the natural world. Among his most revolutionary ideas was a radical conception of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. In North America, Humboldt’s name still graces towns, counties, parks, bays, lakes, mountains, and a river. And yet the man has been all but forgotten.
FREE | Ages 15+, under 18 w/adult
