Title:
What Linnaeus saw : a scientist's quest to name every living thing / Karen Magnuson Beil.
ISBN:
9781324004684
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Publication Information:
New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Physical Description:
256 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Not one pumpkin -- Every growing thing -- Into the arctic! -- Dragon with seven heads -- Can bananas grow in holland? -- Nature's blueprint -- Last name, first name -- Most controversial plant -- Human vs. animal -- Student explorers -- The professor.
Summary:
The globetrotting naturalists of the eighteenth century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology.
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Interest age level:
Age 10-14.
OCLC Number:
on1097460236
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