Author : Wilfrid Blunt
Release : 2004
Genre : Artists
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 622/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Linnaeus by : Wilfrid Blunt
Download or read book Linnaeus written by Wilfrid Blunt. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl Linnaeus' Systema Naturae (1735) brought order to all recorded knowledge about plants and animals. He invented the system of giving living organisms two Latin names. Here is a lively account of Linnaeus the man-from poor student to professor of medicine and founder of the Royal Academy of Sciences-as well as his landmark scientific achievements, such as naming 9,000 plants, 828 shells, 2,100 insects and 477 fish.