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What Linnaeus Saw Format: Hardcover
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- Narrative Type
- book
- Type
- book
- ISBN
- 9781324004684
- Book Title
- What Linnaeus Saw : a Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Topic
- Science & Nature / Flowers & Plants, Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Biography & Autobiography / Historical, People & Places / Europe
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 22.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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In What Linnaeus Saw, Karen Magnuson Beil chronicles Linnaeus's life and career in readable, relatable prose. As a boy, Linnaeus hated school and had little interest in taking up the religious profession his family had chosen. Though he struggled through Latin and theology classes, Linnaeus was an avid student of the natural world and explored the school's gardens and woods, transfixed by the properties of different plants. At twenty-five, on a solo expedition to the Scandinavian Mountains, Linnaeus documented and described dozens of new species. As a medical student in Holland, he moved among leading scientific thinkers and had access to the best collections of plants and animals in Europe. What Linnaeus found was a world with no consistent system for describing and naming living things--a situation he methodically set about changing. The Linnaean system for classifying plants and animals, developed and refined over the course of his life, is the foundation of modern scientific taxonomy, and inspired and guided generations of scientists. What Linnaeus Saw is rich with biographical anecdotes--from his attempt to identify a mysterious animal given him by the king to successfully growing a rare and exotic banana plant in Amsterdam to debunking stories of dragons and phoenixes. Thoroughly researched and generously illustrated, it offers a vivid and insightful glimpse into the life of one of modern science's founding thinkers.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
1324004681
ISBN-13
9781324004684
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16038835660
Product Key Features
Book Title
What Linnaeus Saw : a Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Science & Nature / Flowers & Plants, Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, Biography & Autobiography / Historical, People & Places / Europe
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qh44.B45 2019
Grade from
Fifth Grade
Grade to
Twelfth Grade
Reviews
Beil's storytelling skill elevates the biographical information, mimicking the excitement and mystery of scientific discovery. A well-researched choice for YA biography collections about a significant scientific pioneer.
Copyright Date
2019
Lccn
2019-014206
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Illustrated
Yes
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