| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Figures; 1 Green Threads across the Ages: A Brief Perspective on the Darwins' Botany; 2 The Fortunes of the Darwins; 3 The Misfortunes of Botany; 4 Erasmus Darwin's Vision of the Future: Phytologia; 5 Charles Darwin's Evolutionary Period; 6 Charles Darwin's Physiological Period; 7 Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin and Differences with von Sachs; 8 Francis Darwin, Cambridge and Plant Physiology; 9 Francis Darwin, Family and his Father's Memory; 10 Fortune's Favourites? |
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11 Where Did the Green Threads Lead? The Botanical LegacyNotes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317314110 |
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1317314115 |
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