Linnaeus – Nature & Nation
Book Details
Author(s)Lisbet Koerner
PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN / ASIN0674005651
ISBN-139780674005655
AvailabilityHabituellement expédié sous 24 h
Sales Rank1,758,056
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
Linnaeus Drawing on letters, poems, notebooks and secret diaries, the author tells the story of naturalist, botanist, systematizer, and Enlightenment scientist, Swedish-born Carl Linnaeus. The author recounts his bizarre projects such as to "teach" tea, saffron and rice to grow on the Arctic tundra. Full description
