10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LINNAEUS»
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Linnaeus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Linnaeus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Linnaeus: The Compleat Naturalist
This book gives a fascinating and rounded portrait of Linnaeus the man, charting his rise from a poor student at Lund University to Professor of Medicine at Uppsala and a founder of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
First published in 1923, this English version of a Swedish biography of Linnaeus includes additional material supplied by the translator.
Benjamin Daydon Jackson, Theodor Magnus Fries, 2011
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Linnaeus: Nature and Nation
Drawing on letters, poems, notebooks, and secret diaries, Lisbet Koerner tells the moving story of one of the most famous naturalists who ever lived, the Swedish-born botanist and systematizer, Carl Linnaeus.
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Carl
Linnaeus: Father of Classification
"A biography of eighteenth-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who established the modern system of classifying plants and animals"--Provided by publisher.
Margaret Jean Anderson, 2009
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Finding Order in Nature: The Naturalist Tradition from ...
Farber also explores the importance of sociocultural contexts, institutional settings, and government funding in the story of this durable discipline.
Paul Lawrence Farber, 2000
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The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of
Linnaeus
This is a lively and readable account of Linnaeus the man, his adventures in the wilds of Lapland, his family life and his relations with his pupils, as well as his epoch-making scientific achievements.
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Nemesis Divina: (Edited and Translated with Explanatory ...
This is the first English translation of all the relevant manuscript material.
Carl von Linné, Michael John Petry, 2001
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Carl
Linnaeus: the man who put the world of life in order
A biography of the eighteenth-century Swedish naturalist whose scientific naming of plants and animals provided an international language of nature.
Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, 1969
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
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Sex, botany & empire: the story of Carl
Linnaeus and Joseph ...
" "Patricia Fara reveals the existence, barely concealed under Banks's and Linnaecus's camouflage of noble Enlightenment, of the altogether more seedy drives to conquer, subdue and deflower in the name of the British Imperial state.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LINNAEUS»
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Critter of the Week: Timber rattlesnake - The Republic-Monitor
First discovered: The first scientific description of the timber rattlesnake was written by the famed naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Sometimes in ... «The Republic Monitor, Jul 15»
A History of Bedbugs Driving Us Insane
It was the tireless taxonomist Carl Linnaeus who would finally give them their modern name, cimex lectularius, which means “bed bug,” or “bug ... «Jezebel, Jul 15»
Rejecting White Dominion
Fast forward to 1767: Swedish botanist, Carl Linnaeus, publishes the 12 th edition of his Systema Naturae, which crafts the first taxonomy of ... «Sojourners, Jul 15»
Establishment of a coastal fish in the Azores: recent colonisation or …
The distribution area of D. vulgaris shows a large degree of overlap with the congeneric species D. sargus (Linnaeus, 1758), in which they ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
19th Century Photographs Join Getty Collection
... Louis–Rémy Robert, a single print and negative by Henri Le Secq, as well as another single print and negative by Captain Linnaeus Tripe. «LA Canyon News, Jul 15»
Blundering Gardener: Plant breeders never know what's going to …
A genus is a group of plants (or animals) with enough traits in common to have convinced the great taxonomist Carl Linnaeus that they are the ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
Plant all-American agave for fine succulent accent
Linnaeus recognized this as the quintessential species by naming it Agave americana. Few other agaves are so adaptable, and since ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
Black cohosh stretches higher in search of sun
Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist and the father of modern taxonomy, concurred, and the plant was identified as Actaea racemosa. «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
Talipot palm prepares to bloom
Described by world-famous botanist Carl Linnaeus as the 'princess of the vegetable kindgom', the tree has entered the fruiting season and is ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
Barry Fugatt: Help pick the best vinca varieties at Linnaeus Teaching …
Pink Splash is one of several new vinca varieties that look great at the Linnaeus Teaching Garden in Woodward Park. You can vote for your ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
