Author: David Elliston Allen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400843448
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
At once a major resource for historians of science and an excellent introduction to natural history for the general reader, David Allen's The Naturalist in Britain established a precedent for investigating natural history as a social phenomenon. Here the author traces the evolution of natural history from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the "herbalizings" of apprentice apothecaries to the establishment of national reserves and international societies to the emergence of natural history as an organized discipline. Along the way he describes the role of scientific ideas, popular fashion, religious motivations, literary influences, the increase of leisure time and disposable income, and the tendency of like-minded persons to form clubs. His comprehensive and entertaining discussion creates a vibrant portrait of a scientific movement inextricably woven into a particular culture.
The Naturalist in Britain
Author: David Elliston Allen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400843448
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
At once a major resource for historians of science and an excellent introduction to natural history for the general reader, David Allen's The Naturalist in Britain established a precedent for investigating natural history as a social phenomenon. Here the author traces the evolution of natural history from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the "herbalizings" of apprentice apothecaries to the establishment of national reserves and international societies to the emergence of natural history as an organized discipline. Along the way he describes the role of scientific ideas, popular fashion, religious motivations, literary influences, the increase of leisure time and disposable income, and the tendency of like-minded persons to form clubs. His comprehensive and entertaining discussion creates a vibrant portrait of a scientific movement inextricably woven into a particular culture.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400843448
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
At once a major resource for historians of science and an excellent introduction to natural history for the general reader, David Allen's The Naturalist in Britain established a precedent for investigating natural history as a social phenomenon. Here the author traces the evolution of natural history from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the "herbalizings" of apprentice apothecaries to the establishment of national reserves and international societies to the emergence of natural history as an organized discipline. Along the way he describes the role of scientific ideas, popular fashion, religious motivations, literary influences, the increase of leisure time and disposable income, and the tendency of like-minded persons to form clubs. His comprehensive and entertaining discussion creates a vibrant portrait of a scientific movement inextricably woven into a particular culture.
A New Illustrated British Flora
Author: Roger William Butcher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
The Garden
Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer
Up and Down California in 1860-1864
Author: William Henry Brewer
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520027626
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
The journal seems to contain information for everyone regardless of one's interest...Each page of this almost six hundred page journal is crammed with facts and descriptions. So much of interest is contained in every entry that each re-reading will reveal many interesting incidents or observations not quite grasped on the first perusal....This book will be a valuable source to all students of California or United States history and to the casual readers as well.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520027626
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
The journal seems to contain information for everyone regardless of one's interest...Each page of this almost six hundred page journal is crammed with facts and descriptions. So much of interest is contained in every entry that each re-reading will reveal many interesting incidents or observations not quite grasped on the first perusal....This book will be a valuable source to all students of California or United States history and to the casual readers as well.
Pearls and Pebbles
Author: Catharine Parr Traill
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1896219594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
An unusual book with a lasting charm, with a broad focus ranging from observations on the natural environment to the early settlement of Upper Canada.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1896219594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
An unusual book with a lasting charm, with a broad focus ranging from observations on the natural environment to the early settlement of Upper Canada.
Biological Transmutation
Author: George Ohsawa
Publisher: George Ohsawa Macrobiotic
ISBN: 0918860652
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
George Ohsawa's translation and interpretation of Kervran's theory of biological transmutation, in which elements can transmute to other elements in the biological body.
Publisher: George Ohsawa Macrobiotic
ISBN: 0918860652
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
George Ohsawa's translation and interpretation of Kervran's theory of biological transmutation, in which elements can transmute to other elements in the biological body.
My Life
Author: Alfred Russel Wallace
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Country Life
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles
Author: Daniel Hack Tuke
Publisher: London : K. Paul, Trench
ISBN:
Category : Insane
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Publisher: London : K. Paul, Trench
ISBN:
Category : Insane
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description