Her latest books are The Invention of Nature and The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt.
One of Wulf's six favorite books about nature, as shared at the The Week magazine:
Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie by Lauren Redniss (2010).Read about the other entries on the list.
Category-defying, stunningly beautiful, and utterly mesmerizing, Radioactive represents the perfect marriage between art and science. Redniss' text and magical images take the reader on a biographical and visual journey.
--Marshal Zeringue