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The aliveness of plants

the Darwins at the dawn of plant science

By P. G. Ayres

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Publish Date

2008

Publisher

Pickering & Chatto

Language

eng

Pages

227

Description:

The Darwin family was instrumental in the history of botany. Their experiences illustrate the growing specialization and professionalisation of science throughout the 19th century. This book shows how botany escaped the burdens of medicine and the sterility of classification and nomenclature to become a rigorous laboratory science.