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What Linnaeus saw : a scientist's quest to name every living thing / Karen Magnuson Beil.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, 2019Manufacturer: [Stevens Point (Wisc.)] : Worzalla ; 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781324004684
  • 1324004681
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH44 .B45 2019
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.
Summary: 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)Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves QK31.L56 B45 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800181406
Total holds: 0

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.

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