Aliveness of Plants

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Animal Kingdom
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botanical experimentation
Botany School
C3 Plant
C4 Grassland
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Coleoptile Tip
Commelina Communis
De Candolle
Desmodium Gyrans
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Erasmus Darwin research
Genus Primula
history of plant science development
Insectivorous Plants
King George III
laboratory botany
Lathyrus Odoratus
Lin Aria Vulgaris
Long Trail
Marshall Ward
Mesophyll Resistance
nineteenth-century science
plant physiology
Reed Canary Grass
scientific professionalisation
Sea Water
Stigmatic Surface
Stomatal Pores
Sweet Pea
Telegraph Plant
Young Man

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138663756
  • Weight: 453g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Jan 2016
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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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.

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