The globe-trotting naturalists of the eighteenth century were the pioneers of their day: innovators who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, whose system for classifying and naming plants and animals is the foundation of modern scientific taxonomy. Karen Beil chronicles Linnaeus' life in readable, relatable prose. She follows him from his boyhood exploring the woods of Sweden to his student days in Holland, where he moved among leading scientific thinkers and had access to the best collections of plants and animals in Europe. We see him...
The globe-trotting naturalists of the eighteenth century were the pioneers of their day: innovators who lived at the intersection of science and comme...
