What Linnaeus saw : a scientist's quest to name every living thing /
Beil, Karen Magnuson,
What Linnaeus saw : a scientist's quest to name every living thing / Karen Magnuson Beil. - 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Written for ages 10 and up, this engaging biography includes botanical art, journal entries by Linnaeus, and maps. Of interest to all ages, it's available in the tall shelves of our general collection. (Miller Library Staff) 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.
Age 10-14.
9781324004684 $21.95 ($28.95 CAN) 1324004681 $21.95 ($28.95 CAN)
2019014206
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778 --Juvenile literature.
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778.
Naturalists--Sweden--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Naturalists--Sweden--Biography.
QH44 / .B45 2019
What Linnaeus saw : a scientist's quest to name every living thing / Karen Magnuson Beil. - 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Written for ages 10 and up, this engaging biography includes botanical art, journal entries by Linnaeus, and maps. Of interest to all ages, it's available in the tall shelves of our general collection. (Miller Library Staff) 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.
Age 10-14.
9781324004684 $21.95 ($28.95 CAN) 1324004681 $21.95 ($28.95 CAN)
2019014206
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778 --Juvenile literature.
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778.
Naturalists--Sweden--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Naturalists--Sweden--Biography.
QH44 / .B45 2019