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Green Laurels The Lives And Achievements Of The Great Naturalists
Author: Donald Culross Peattie

Text extracted from opening pages of book: GREEN LAURELS CHARJLBS DAIWEM Portrait by Jdhi* Collier* ( Courtesy of the National Portrait Galltry, To the in the ltd me from Trinity Pass to Parodist ACKNOWLEDGMENTS For permission to quote from the volumes listed below the author and publishers of this book make grateful acknowledg ment to Alfred A.... more » Knopf, New York, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANTS, by Reaumur, translated by William Morton Wheeler ( 1926). Henry Holt and Co., New York, THE GROWTH OF BIOLOGY, by William Locy ( 1925). Appleton-Century Co,, New York, THE NEW HARMONY MOVEMENT, by George B. Lockwood ( 1905)* The Clarendon Press, Oxford ? HISTORY OF BOTANY, by Julius von Sachs ( 1890). University Press, Cambridge, DIARY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEACLE, by Charles Darwin, edited by Nora Barlow ( 1933). H. F. & G. Witherby, Ltd, London, LINNAEUS, by Dr B. D. Jackson ( 1923)* Historical Department of Iowa, DCS Moines^ RAFINESQUB, A SKETCH OF His LIFE ? by T. J. Fitzpatrick ( 1911)* The Filson Club^ Louisville! LIFE AND WRITINGS OF RAFIN* by Richard Ellsworth Call ( 1895). The Indiana Historical Commission, Indianapolis^ INDIANA AS SEEN BY EARLY TRAVELERS^ edited by Lindley Harlow CONTENTS FOREWORD Chapter I. SCHOOLMEN AND HERBALISTS The dusty window o the Middle Ages* The Schoolmen. What Aristotle really was, and his medieval ossification* Platonic idealism. The herbalists gradually slough off notions of sorcery. Early botany and zoology. The Renaissance: Bauhin, Gesner, Belon, Aldrovandi, Rondelet, etc. 3 Chapter IL THE LENS TURNED ON LIFE The wonderworld o the microscope* Invention o the first mi croscopes. The spirit of investigation in the seventeenth century. Rise of learned societies* Malpighi begins the anatomical investi gation of Insects; Swammerdam discovers their metamorphoses j Leeuwenhoek, the consummate amateur^ looks at the whole world through a lens. The precocity of early microscopy fol lowed inevitably by sterility* 32 IIL SCIENCE AT COURT BUFFON AND REAUMUR An of encyclopedias* Buffon, courtier and pet of the Pompa dour, laureate to the most brilliant court on out to the history of the world* His tern his his his his Jealoitsy of mttr, his the the all, entomologist How his in out OWE of Buffon. $ 6 Contents Chapter IV. THE GREEN WORLD OPENS Linnaeus: his birthplace, parentage, childhood. The influence of northern Nature on his mind; his scholastic training; his poverty and struggles. His friendship with Artedi; they plan the great new Systema Naturae. Rudbeck and Celsius befriend Linnaeus. On the Marriage of Plants. He sets forth upon the great spring j ourney to Lapland. 7 $ Chapter V. THE LIFE WORK OF LINNAEUS Results of the Lapland expedition. Its fame spreads through Europe. Linnaeus, exploring Dalecarlia, falls in love with Sara Moraea. Unable to marry her, he sets off for a tour of Europe, visiting Germany, Holland, England, and France. The brilliant offers made him. Publication of his revolutionary systems. Re union with Artedi; death of Artedi. Linnaeus in England en counters strong opposition but triumphs completely* The Lin naean system. He returns to wed his Sara Lisa* IDG Chapter VI. GLORIES AND FOLLIES OF THE LlNNAEAN AGE The great field trips. The famous students at TJpsala* Stu dent life and play. Last days and death of Linnaeus. The era of collecting; the world ransacked, especially for the rare, Museums over-run with specimens. Pedantry and sterility fall on Linnaean science; the collecting mania of amateur enters to complete the disgrace. The reputation of Linnaeus in temporary eclipse. His immortal greatness as personality. 12 1 Chapter VIL A CHEVALIER IN SCIENCE: LAMARCK Laniards background. Lamarck the soldier* He In naco and ponders lifers infinite variation* Paris Contents Our ignorance of Lamarck's private life. He becomes a botanist, then a zoologist. His tree of life and great theory of evolution through adaptation to environment. 142 Chapter Fill. ANATOMIST AGAINST DREAMER: CTJVIER AND

ISBN-13: 9781406766073
ISBN-10: 1406766070
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 428
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