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What Linnaeus Saw: A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing

Karen Magnuson Beil

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Description:The globe-trotting naturalists of the eighteenth century were the pioneers of their day: innovators who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, whose system for classifying and naming plants and animals is the foundation of modern scientific taxonomy.Karen Beil chronicles Linnaeus’ life in readable, relatable prose. She follows him from his boyhood exploring the woods of Sweden to his student days in Holland, where he moved among leading scientific thinkers and had access to the best collections of plants and animals in Europe. We see him attempt to identify a mysterious animal given him by the king (it turned out to be a raccoon), growing a rare banana plant in Amsterdam, and debunking stories of dragons.Thoroughly researched and generously illustrated, What Linnaeus Saw offers a vivid glimpse into the life of one of modern science’s founding thinkers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What Linnaeus Saw: A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing. To get started finding What Linnaeus Saw: A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The globe-trotting naturalists of the eighteenth century were the pioneers of their day: innovators who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, whose system for classifying and naming plants and animals is the foundation of modern scientific taxonomy.Karen Beil chronicles Linnaeus’ life in readable, relatable prose. She follows him from his boyhood exploring the woods of Sweden to his student days in Holland, where he moved among leading scientific thinkers and had access to the best collections of plants and animals in Europe. We see him attempt to identify a mysterious animal given him by the king (it turned out to be a raccoon), growing a rare banana plant in Amsterdam, and debunking stories of dragons.Thoroughly researched and generously illustrated, What Linnaeus Saw offers a vivid glimpse into the life of one of modern science’s founding thinkers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What Linnaeus Saw: A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing. To get started finding What Linnaeus Saw: A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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