Linnaeus – Nature & Nation
Book Details
Author(s)
Lisbet Koerner
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN / ASIN
0674005651
ISBN-13
9780674005655
Availability
Habituellement expédié sous 24 h
Sales Rank
#1,758,056
Marketplace
France 🇫🇷
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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
