What Linnaeus saw a scientist's quest to name every living thing
The globetrotting naturalists of the eighteenth century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology. Beil offers a vivid glimpse into the life of one o...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a What Linnaeus saw : |b a scientist's quest to name every living thing / |c Karen Magnuson Beil. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, |c 2019. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a [Stevens Point (Wisc.)] : |b Worzalla ; |c 2019. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2019. | |
| 300 | |a 256 pages : |b illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 521 | 1 | |a Age 10-14. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Not one pumpkin -- Every growing thing -- Into the Arctic! -- Dragon with seven heads -- Can bananas grow in Holland? -- Nature's blueprint -- Last name, first name -- Most controversial plant -- Human vs. animal -- Student explorers -- The professor. | |
| 520 | |a The globetrotting naturalists of the eighteenth century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology. Beil offers a vivid glimpse into the life of one of modern science's founding thinkers. | ||
| 586 | |a Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Award of Excellence in Children and Young Adult Literature, 2020 | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Linné, Carl von, |d 1707-1778 |v Young adult nonfiction. |
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