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From Aristotle to Darwin
Julia Brittain
Robert Huxley
ISBN: 9780500251393
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
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Braving dangers from tempests, pirates and disease in their pursuit of cataloguing the natural world, pioneers such as Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin changed the course of science with their daring travels and groundbreaking theories. This book includes many who are well known, such as the earliest great natural historian, Aristotle…
This book tells the story of the development of ideas about natural history as seen through the lives, observations and discoveries of nearly forty great naturalists, from Classical times to the end of the 19th century. From such giants as Aristotle, Linnaeus and Darwin to less lauded but nonetheless important figures as Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Nicolas Steno and Mary Anning, all the people here contributed massively to our knowledge of the natural world, enabling us to understand and appreciate it today.
| ISBN | 0500251398 | | Pages | 304 | | ISBN13 | 9780500251393
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 1200 | | Imprint | Thames & Hudson Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 244 | | Publication date | 29 Oct 2007 | | Width (mm) | 184 | | Library of Congress | QH | | Spine width (mm) | 36 | | DEWEY | 508.0922 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | 'Unity in Diversity' | | 6 | | | | The Ancients | | 20 | | | | Aristotle: The First Philosopher-Naturalist by Julia Brittain | | 22 | | | | Theophrastus: The Father of Botany by Christopher J. Humphries and David Sutton | | 28 | | | | Pedanios Dioscorides: Recording the Medicinal Use of Plants by David Sutton | | 32 | | | | Pliny the Elder: Collector of Knowledge by David Sutton | | 38 | | | | The Renaissance | | 44 | | | | Leonhart Fuchs: The Value of Illustrations by Brian W. Ogilvie | | 48 | | | | Ulisse Aldrovandi: Observation at First Hand by Giuseppe Olmi | | 59 | | | | Andrea Cesalpino: Physician, Philosopher and Botanist by Robert Huxley and Christopher J. Humphries | | 63 | | | | Pierre Belon: Pioneer of Comparative Anatomy by Alan Cutler | | 66 | | | | Konrad Gessner: The Beginnings of Modern Zoology by Sachiko Kusukawa | | 71 | | | | The Enlightenment | | 76 | | | | Nicolaus Steno: Unlocking the Earth's Geological Past by Alan Cutler | | 86 | | | | John Ray: The English Aristotle by Robert Huxley | | 92 | | | | Robert Hooke: Natural History Through The Microscope by Brian J. Ford | | 98 | | | | Antony van Leeuwenhoek: The Discoverer of Bacteria by Brian J. Ford | | 104 | | | | Sir Hans Sloane: The Great Collector by Robert Huxley | | 111 | | | | Maria Sibylla Merian: The Metamorphosis of Insects by H. Walter Lack | | 118 | | | | Mark Catesby: Colonial Naturalist and Artist by Steve Cafferty | | 124 | | | | Carl Linnaeus: The Man Who Brought Order to Nature by Christopher J. Humphries and Robert Huxley | | 132 | | | | Comte de Buffon: A Grand Theorist by Sandra Knapp | | 140 | | | | Georg Steller: The Discovery of Alaska by Robert Press | | 149 | | | More... | | |
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