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Author : Agnes Robertson Arber
Publisher : Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution written by Agnes Robertson Arber and published by Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press. This book was released on 1912 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Agnes Arber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521338790
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (387 download)
Download or read book Herbals written by Agnes Arber and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-12-11 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reissue of the 1938 revised edition of a work originally published in 1912 indicates its lasting value as a classic survey on the development of botany as a distinct scientific discipline.
Author : Kate Lebo
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374718334
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)
Download or read book The Book of Difficult Fruit written by Kate Lebo and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of the Year by The Atlantic, New York magazine and NPR "Dazzling." —Samin Nosrat, The New York Times Magazine Inspired by twenty-six fruits, the essayist, poet, and pie lady Kate Lebo expertly blends natural, culinary, medical, and personal history. A is for aronia, berry member of the apple family, clothes-stainer, superfruit with reputed healing power. D is for durian, endowed with a dramatic rind and a shifting odor—peaches, old garlic. M is for medlar, name-checked by Shakespeare for its crude shape, beloved by gardeners for its flowers. Q is for quince, which, when fresh, gives off the scent of “roses and citrus and rich women’s perfume,” but if eaten raw is so astringent it wicks the juice from one’s mouth. In a work of unique invention, these and other difficult fruits serve as the central ingredients of twenty-six lyrical essays (with recipes). What makes a fruit difficult? Its cultivation, its harvest, its preparation, the brevity of its moment for ripeness, its tendency toward rot or poison, the way it might overrun your garden. Here, these fruits will take you on unexpected turns and give sideways insights into relationships, self-care, land stewardship, medical and botanical history, and so much more. What if the primary way you show love is through baking, but your partner suffers from celiac disease? Why leave in the pits for Willa Cather’s plum jam? How can we rely on bodies as fragile as the fruits that nourish them? Kate Lebo’s unquenchable curiosity promises adventure: intimate, sensuous, ranging, bitter, challenging, rotten, ripe. After reading The Book of Difficult Fruit, you will never think of sweetness the same way again.
Author : Jean A. Givens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351875566
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200–1550 written by Jean A. Givens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images in medieval and early modern treatises on medicine, pharmacy, and natural history often confound our expectations about the functions of medical and scientific illustrations. They do not look very much like the things they purport to portray; and their actual usefulness in everyday medical practice or teaching is not obvious. By looking at works as diverse as herbals, jewellery, surgery manuals, lay health guides, cinquecento paintings, manuscripts of Pliny's Natural History, and Leonardo's notebooks, Visualizing Medieval Medicine and Natural History, 1200-1550 addresses fundamental questions about the interplay of art and science from the thirteenth to the mid-sixteenth century: What counts as a medical illustration in the Middle Ages? What are the purposes and audiences of the illustrations in medieval medical, pharmaceutical, and natural history texts? How are images used to clarify, expand, authenticate, and replace these texts? How do images of natural objects, observed phenomena, and theoretical concepts amplify texts and convey complex cultural attitudes? What features lead us to regard some of these images as typically 'medieval' while other exactly contemporary images strike us as 'Renaissance' or 'early modern' in character? Art historians, medical historians, historians of science, and specialists in manuscripts and early printed books will welcome this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary examination of the role of visualization in early scientific inquiry.
Author : John Henry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350307572
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science written by John Henry and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a concise but wide-ranging account of all aspects of the Scientific Revolution from astronomy to zoology. The third edition has been thoroughly updated, and some sections revised and extended, to take into account the latest scholarship and research and new developments in historiography.
Author : Tsui-jung Liu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317974905
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Environmental History in East Asia written by Tsui-jung Liu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As environmental history has developed as growing sub-discipline within the study of history, great emphasis has been placed on the importance of adopting an interdisciplinary approach. Indeed, as Environmental History in East Asia shows, by drawing on research and methodologies from the fields of science, technology, geography, geology and ecology, we are able to develop a much richer understanding of a region’s history. This book provides a comprehensive examination of environmental history in East Asia, ranging temporally from the Ming dynasty to the 21st Century and spatially across China, Japan and Taiwan. Split into four parts, the chapters cover a wide range of fascinating topics, comparing environmental thought and policy in the East and West, the transformation of the landscape, land resource utilization and impact of agriculture and disasters and diseases across the region. A diverse selection of case studies are used to illustrate the chapters, including the role of Daoism, Qing pasturelands and 21st century swine flu. Truly interdisciplinary in approach, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Asian environmentalism, environmental history, Asian anthropology, Asian development studies and Asian history more generally.
Author : John Forrester
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047406486
Total Pages : 791 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Jean Fernel's On the Hidden Causes of Things written by John Forrester and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 791 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated translation of Jean Fernel’s On the Hidden Causes of Things (1542). A major innovatory work in Renaissance natural philosophy and medicine, and a crucially important source for understanding the notion of occult qualities, with a scholarly introduction.
Author : Wendy Beth Hyman
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754668657
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (686 download)
Download or read book The Automaton in English Renaissance Literature written by Wendy Beth Hyman and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Automaton in English Renaissance Literature features original essays exploring the automaton-from animated statue to anthropomorphized machine-in the poetry, prose and drama of England in the 16th and 17th centuries. Addressing the history and significance of the living machine in early modern literature, the collection places literary automata of the period within their larger aesthetic, historical, philosophical and scientific contexts.
Author : Kathleen M. Crowther
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521192366
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Adam and Eve in the Protestant Reformation written by Kathleen M. Crowther and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-11 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the importance of stories about Adam and Eve in sixteenth-century German Lutheran areas.
Author : Geoffrey R. Dixon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401785600
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Horticulture: Plants for People and Places, Volume 3 written by Geoffrey R. Dixon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Trilogy explains “What is Horticulture?”. Volume three of Horticulture: Plants for People and Places presents readers with detailed accounts of the scientific and scholastic concepts which interact with the arts and humanities and which now underpins the rapidly evolving subject of Social Horticulture. This discipline transcends the barriers between science, medicine and the arts. This volume covers:- Horticulture and Society, Diet and Health, Psychological Health, Wildlife, Horticulture and Public Welfare, Education, Extension, Economics, Exports and Biosecurity, Scholarship and Art, Scholarship and Literature, Scholarship and History and the relationship between Horticulture and Gardening. This volume brings the evolution of the Discipline and Vocation of Horticulture firmly into the 21st Century. It covers new ground by providing a detailed analysis of the value of Horticulture as a force for enhancing society in the forms of social welfare, health and well-being, how knowledge is transferred within and between generations, and the place of Horticulture in the Arts and Humanities. Substantial emphasis is given to the relationships between health, well-being and plants by the internationally acclaimed authors who have contributed accounts of their work in this book.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Herbs and Herb Gardening written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Olivia Weisser
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003851487
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Early Modern Medicine written by Olivia Weisser and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection offers readers a guide to analyzing historical texts and objects using a diverse selection of sources in early modern medicine. It provides an array of interpretive strategies while also highlighting new trends in the field. Each chapter serves as a study of a different type of source, including the benefits and limitations of that source and what it can reveal about the history of medicine. Contributors provide practical strategies for locating and interpreting sources, putting texts and objects into conversation, and explaining potential contradictions. A wide variety of sources, including account books, legal records, and personal letters, provide new opportunities for understanding early modern medicine and developing skills in historical analysis. Together, the chapters highlight emerging methodologies and debates, while covering a range of themes in the field, from reproductive health to hospital care to household medicine. With wide geographical breadth, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers looking to understand how to better engage with primary sources, as well as readers interested in early modern history and the history of medicine.
Author : Alexander Samson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118232801
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)
Download or read book Locus Amoenus written by Alexander Samson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locus Amoenus provides a pioneering collection of new perspectives on Renaissance garden history, and the impact of its development. Experts in the field illustrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment. A ground-breaking collection of new perspectives on garden history Essays demonstrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment The book's broad coverage includes botany and herbals, literary reflections of changing ideas of landscape and nature, and human's place within it Contributors come from a wide range of experts, including archaeologists, scholars and the librarian and archivist to the Royal Horticultural Society Reflects the growing emergence of this field, which has been assisted both by archaeology and ideas from green studies and environmental criticism Richly illustrated throughout
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Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Annales Botanici Fennici written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean Gerrath
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319243527
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Taming the Wild Grape written by Jean Gerrath and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book places grapes in the context of their family, the Vitaceae. It begins by focusing on the relationship of the family to other angiosperms and the interrelationships and characteristics of its genera. Two chapters emphasize the structure and development of its major vegetative and reproductive characteristics. Keys and illustrated descriptions for 19 North American species including 10 Vitis are provided. The three chapters on Vitis begin with a brief history of grape growing, with emphasis on North America. There is an illustrated life history of grape, following the two-year cycle from bud initiation to fruit maturity. The final chapter discusses the history of grapevine identification in North America, concluding with descriptions and illustrations of 30 important North American cold climate cultivars. The book is a general resource for understanding the growth, development, life history, and identification of grapes and the Vitaceae.
Author : Dumbarton Oaks
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884021186
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (211 download)
Download or read book Hortus Librorum written by Dumbarton Oaks and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1983 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Holland
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9783718659289
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (592 download)
Download or read book Prospecting for Drugs in Ancient and Medieval European Texts written by David Holland and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1996-12-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classicists, historians of medicine, and working scientists collaborate to guide pharmaceutical researchers to the potential for rediscovering useful drugs from old texts. They discuss the medicines of Greco-Roman antiquity, a case study of the 1570 This Booke of Sovereigne Medicines, identifying plants in pre-Linnaean botanical literature, transforming plant lore into pharmacy, and determining whether a treatment works. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
