Peter Ayres

The Aliveness of Plants

The Darwins at the Dawn of Plant Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Darwin family was instrumental in the history of botany. Their experiences illustrate the growing specialization and professionalization of science in the nineteenth century. The author shows how botany escaped the burdens of medicine, feminization and the sterility of classification and nomenclature to become a rigorous laboratory science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781851969708
• ISBN-10: 1851969705
• Artikelnr.: 43597466

Autorenporträt

Ayres, Peter

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Green Threads across the Ages: A Brief Perspective on the Darwins' Botany
Chapter 2 The Fortunes of the Darwins
Chapter 3 The Misfortunes of Botany
Chapter 4 Erasmus Darwin's Vision of the Future: Phytologia
Chapter 5 Charles Darwin's Evolutionary Period
Chapter 6 Charles Darwin's Physiological Period
Chapter 7 Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin and Differences with Von Sachs
Chapter 8 Francis Darwin, Cambridge and Plant Physiology
Chapter 9 Francis Darwin, Family and His Father's Memory
Chapter 10 Fortune's Favourites?
Chapter 11 Where Did the Green Threads Lead? The Botanical Legacy