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Book Synopsis A Quarter Century of Publications of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University 1940-1965 by : Harvard University. Botanical Museum
Download or read book A Quarter Century of Publications of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University 1940-1965 written by Harvard University. Botanical Museum and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University by : Harvard University. Botanical Museum
Download or read book Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University written by Harvard University. Botanical Museum and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium by : Siri Von Reis
Download or read book New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium written by Siri Von Reis and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of unusual drug and food plants. Includes over 4500 species (399 families). Arranged under families. Each entry gives such information as Latin species, place of collection, year collected, and common name. Families, genera, common names, and uses indexes.
Download or read book Glass Flowers written by Jennifer Brown and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exquisite detail is captured in this full-illustrated, beautifully designed publication celebrating Harvard University's unique and treasured 'Glass Flowers' collection. One of Harvard University's most famous treasures is the internationally acclaimed Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, the "Glass Flowers." From orchids to bananas, rhododendrons to lilies, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka created a stunning array of glass models of plants from around the world. Working exclusively for Harvard in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Blaschkas applied their artistic expertise and botanical knowledge to craft an extraordinary collection for Harvard students, researchers, and the public. Exquisite detail is captured in this dazzling new publication, featuring new photography of models that inspire wonder and blur the line between the real and man-made. The collection demonstrates the majesty of plants and the artistry and scientific acumen of this father and son team, and is the only one of its kind in the world.
Book Synopsis The Botanical Museum of Harvard University by :
Download or read book The Botanical Museum of Harvard University written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Quarter Century of Publications of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University 1940 - 1965 by :
Download or read book A Quarter Century of Publications of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University 1940 - 1965 written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks by : Diane K. McGuire
Download or read book Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks written by Diane K. McGuire and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1980 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks was prepared as a resource for those charged with maintenance of the gardens following their acquisition by Harvard University in 1941. Beatrix Farrand here explains the reasoning behind her plan for each of the gardens and stipulates how each should be cared for in order that its basic character remain intact. Her resourceful suggestions for alternative plantings, her rigorous strictures concerning pruning and replacement, her exposition of the overall concept that underlies each detail, and the plant lists that accompany her discussion of each garden make this a volume of interest to every student, practitioner, and lover of landscape design.
Book Synopsis In Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University by : Richard Evans Schultes
Download or read book In Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University written by Richard Evans Schultes and published by . This book was released on 1986* with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lessons from Plants by : Beronda L. Montgomery
Download or read book Lessons from Plants written by Beronda L. Montgomery and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for human thriving. We know that plants are important. They maintain the atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. They nourish other living organisms and supply psychological benefits to humans as well, improving our moods and beautifying the landscape around us. But plants don’t just passively provide. They also take action. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the vigorous, creative lives of organisms often treated as static and predictable. In fact, plants are masters of adaptation. They “know” what and who they are, and they use this knowledge to make a way in the world. Plants experience a kind of sensation that does not require eyes or ears. They distinguish kin, friend, and foe, and they are able to respond to ecological competition despite lacking the capacity of fight-or-flight. Plants are even capable of transformative behaviors that allow them to maximize their chances of survival in a dynamic and sometimes unfriendly environment. Lessons from Plants enters into the depth of botanic experience and shows how we might improve human society by better appreciating not just what plants give us but also how they achieve their own purposes. What would it mean to learn from these organisms, to become more aware of our environments and to adapt to our own worlds by calling on perception and awareness? Montgomery’s meditative study puts before us a question with the power to reframe the way we live: What would a plant do?
Book Synopsis Plants and Empire by : Londa Schiebinger
Download or read book Plants and Empire written by Londa Schiebinger and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. In the eighteenth century, epic scientific voyages were sponsored by European imperial powers to explore the natural riches of the New World, and uncover the botanical secrets of its people. Bioprospectors brought back medicines, luxuries, and staples for their king and country. Risking their lives to discover exotic plants, these daredevil explorers joined with their sponsors to create a global culture of botany. But some secrets were unearthed only to be lost again. In this moving account of the abuses of indigenous Caribbean people and African slaves, Schiebinger describes how slave women brewed the "peacock flower" into an abortifacient, to ensure that they would bear no children into oppression. Yet, impeded by trade winds of prevailing opinion, knowledge of West Indian abortifacients never flowed into Europe. A rich history of discovery and loss, Plants and Empire explores the movement, triumph, and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean populations.
Book Synopsis The Glass Flowers at Harvard by : Botanical Museum, Harvard University
Download or read book The Glass Flowers at Harvard written by Botanical Museum, Harvard University and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Useful Objects written by Reed Gochberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Useful Objects' examines the cultural history of nineteenth-century American museums through the eyes of writers, visitors, and collectors. Throughout this period, museums gradually transformed from encyclopedic cabinets to more specialized public institutions. These changes prompted wider debates about how museums determine what objects to select, preserve, and display-and who gets to decide. Drawing on a wide range of archival materials and accounts in fiction, guidebooks, and periodicals, this text shows how the challenges facing nineteenth-century museums continue to resonate in debates about their role in American culture today.
Book Synopsis The Glass Flowers at Harvard by : Richard Evans Schultes
Download or read book The Glass Flowers at Harvard written by Richard Evans Schultes and published by Harvard Univ Glassflowers. This book was released on 1982 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sea Creatures in Glass by : Scala Arts Publishers
Download or read book Sea Creatures in Glass written by Scala Arts Publishers and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delicate jellyfish and anemones, octopus, tentacled squid, and bizarre-looking soft-bodied sea creatures were meticulously recreated in glass by father and son artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century. Renowned for their beauty and exacting detail, the Blaschka invertebrate models were commissioned by universities and museums throughout the world as teaching models for students of natural science and marine life. Illustrated here for the first time with breathtaking new photography are 60 of the most exquisite models from the exceptional collection of Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. Together with Harvard's famous Glass Flowers, a new exhibit of these restored glass animals now comprises the largest Blaschka collection on display in the world. Bursting with intricate details and stunning photography, this elegantly designed book will be a must for all those interested in marine biology, the delicate art of glass craftsmanship, the history of science, and the quiet beauty of the natural world."
Book Synopsis Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University by :
Download or read book Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Flowers, Butterflies and Insects by : Maria Sibylla Merian
Download or read book Flowers, Butterflies and Insects written by Maria Sibylla Merian and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fine-line images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. These plates are considered among the finest achievements of a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art. Reprinted from the classic, influential works of the famed artist/entomologist Merian (1647–1717). New English captions.
Book Synopsis The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century by : Yota Batsaki
Download or read book The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century written by Yota Batsaki and published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century brings together international scholars to examine: the figure of the botanical explorer; links between imperial ambition and the impulse to survey, map, and collect specimens in "new" territories; and relationships among botanical knowledge, self-representation, and material culture.
