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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New York, NY :
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
