The Great Naturalists
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (578 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0500251398 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Robert Huxley is Head of Collections, Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, London.
Perfect Introduction to Naturalists and the Art of Nature Kindle Customer Profound theories sprung from fertile imaginations, leaps of faith (and often logic), and long lost skills of observation and contemplation are served out in chronological (and to a large extent evolutionary) order from the earliest naturalists to the more recent, pre-photography age, in an eminently readable format. This wonderful book combines the theoretical and empirical analysis of flora, fauna (including bugs and people) and geology with shockingly beautiful illustrations of what the heck they were talking about. Lots of woolens and beards--in a good way.. The Great Naturalists HLK The articles on each naturalist are short, to the point, and well illustrated. The book is a fun read! Fascinating and adventurous people: Maria Sibylla Merian, Carl Linnaeus, Georges Cuvier, Charles Darwin and many others.. The Great Naturalists - an excellent read George K. Peck This book details an outstanding review of the thought processes and work of the early naturalists as they gradually moved from the 'creationist theory' to the present day fact of our world's evolutionary progression.
While some subjects are well-known-John James Audubon, Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin among them-many will be unfamiliar: John Ray, labeled the "English Aristotle," first defined the concept of "species"; Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered micro-organisms (using Robert Hooke's microscope); and Mary Anning, born to destitution in Regency England, sparked a revolution in scientific thought with her fossil excavations. All rights reserved. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. These naturalists were
But others are now given their rightful place: Antony van Leeuwenhoek, who made his own microscopes and discovered bacteria; Nicolas Steno, who opened the door to the earth's geological past; and Mary Anning, "the princess of palaeontology," who had an amazing, self-taught talent for finding fossils.Many whose lives are described here were great artists as well as naturalists, and the book is illustrated with beautiful and precise paintings and drawings of birds, animals, fossils, fish, shells, and rocks selected from the unparalleled picture archives and collections of the Natural History Museum, London, as well as other sources. 194 illustrations, 137 i