Buch

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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	Springer International Publishing
Buchreihe	:	Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden (Bd. 122)
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	05. 08. 2021
Seiten	:	340
Einband	:	Gebunden
Höhe	:	235 mm
Breite	:	155 mm
ISBN	:	9783030748586
Sprache	:	Englisch

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Autorinformation

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Professor Emeritus Joel SchwartzRetired Professor of Biology and the History of ScienceCollege of Staten Island of the City University of New YorkSwampscott, Massachusetts 01907-1314United States of America 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction: Collecting, Observing, and Describing the Natural World.- Scientific Ferment in late Eighteenth Century Edinburgh.- Scientific Exploration During Voyages of Discovery.- ... the plants of Scotland might be equally useful.- Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa.- A good practical Botanist.- So remote a country as New Holland.- The Crew labouring under the Same disorder.- Mungo Park's Last Journey.- A Tedious and Uncomfortable Passage.- Prodrommus, Florae Novae Hollndiae.- Banks's Librarian.- Taking leave of Sir Joseph Banks.- Pollen Grains of Clarkis pulchella.- Epilogue: The greatest of Banksian botanist-librarians.- Bibliography.

Pressestimmen

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“This is good solid work, and presents two individuals who deserve more attention from historians of botany. ... this is a triple biography, because Banks figured so significantly in the lives of Park and Brown and also in the development of the botanical enterprise in Britain.” (Maura C. Flannery, Journal of the History of Biology, Vol. 57 (1), 2024)

“This is a well-written, extremely interesting account of the activities of several pre-Darwin scientists. … Recommended. General readers through faculty.” (F. W. Yow emeritus, Choice, Vol. 61 (5), 2024)

Deine Buchhandlung

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