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A Passion for Systems : Linneaus and the Dream of Order in Nature Schmitz, Helene; Uddenberg, Nils; Lövgren, Håkan and Puryear, Rachelle

Door Nils Uddenberg

Categorie
Bloemen & Planten
Boeknummer
#318684-KN14
Titel
A Passion for Systems : Linneaus and the Dream of Order in Nature Schmitz, Helene; Uddenberg, Nils; Lövgren, Håkan and Puryear, Rachelle
Auteur
Uddenberg, Nils
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
Natur & Kultur
Jaar van uitgave
2007
ISBN10
9127115224
ISBN13
9789127115224
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original gilt lettered half cloth, richly illustrated with (full page) colour photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting
Linnaeus introduced his pioneering sexual systems for plants for the first time in 1735. His contemporaries were shocked by Linnaeus frank comparisons with the sexual reproduction system of human beings but his useful scheme rather quickly took the world by storm.

Helene Schmitz beautiful and unique photographs depict the sexual system organised in the 24 original categories. Nils Uddenbergs inspiring words enable us to follow Linnaeus from his youth growing up in Stenbrohult, a town in the region of Småland, to esteemed professor in Uppsala of worldwide repute. Pia Östensson, a biologist working at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, is scientific consultant and captions author.

A Passion for Systems was the Linnaeus Tercentenarys official anniversary book and was publ
... (Lees verder)ished in Swedish, English and Japanese.
Pagina's
252
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 45,00

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