Shaping of Cambridge Botany - A Short History of Whole Plant Botany in Cambridge From Time of Ray

Klappentext A brief illustrated history of botanical and horticultural science in Cambridge! from its beginnings in medieval medical botany. Zusammenfassung This engaging account honours the people and ideas most influential in the development of botany at Cambridge over more than three centuries. A profusely illustrated work that draws on rarely seen archival material! its author was a distinguished authority on European plants and Director of the University Botanic Gardens. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: botany, medicine and horticulture; 2. Ray and the herborising tradition; 3. Bradley and the horticultural tradition; 4. The Martyns and the Linnaean tradition; 5. Henslow and the rise of natural science; 6. Babington, Vines and Lynch: the fragmentation of botany; 7. The New Botany School: Marshall Ward and his successors; 8. Whole-plant botany and the modern Botanic Garden; Bibliography; Index.

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• Autori: S. M. Walters, S.M. Walters
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108002301
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00230-1
• Pagine: 144
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge; Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Botanica; SCIENCE / History, Cellular biology (cytology)