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Author : Stuart Max Walters
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521237956
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (379 download)
Download or read book The Shaping of Cambridge Botany written by Stuart Max Walters and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1981 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Hickey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521794015
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms written by Michael Hickey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-11-16 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A particularly versatile reference work for all those needing a guide to botanical terminology and plant structure.
Author : J. Bastow Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110848221X
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book The Nature of Plant Communities written by J. Bastow Wilson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive review of the role of species interactions in the process of plant community assembly.
Author : Peter G. Ayres
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111829095X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)
Download or read book Shaping Ecology written by Peter G. Ayres and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Arthur Tansley was the leading figure in ecology for the first half of the 20th century, founding the field, and forming its first professional societies. He was the first President of the British Ecological Society and the first chair of the Field Studies Council. His work as a botanist is considered seminal and he is recognized as one of the giants of ecology throughout the world. Ecology underpins the principles and practices of modern conservation and the maintenance of biodiversity. It explains the causes of, and offers solutions to, problems of climate change. Yet ecology is a young science, barely 100 years old. Its origins lie in phytogeography, the naming and mapping of plants. Shaping Ecology is a book about a multi-faceted man whose friends included Bertrand Russell, Marie Stopes, Julian Huxley, GM Trevelyan, and Solly Zuckerman. Historical context is provided by Tansley's family for his parents moved in the Fabian-socialist world of John Ruskin and Octavia Hill, both instrumental in the foundation of the National Trust. While Britain was relatively slow to protect its green spaces and wildlife, it did establish in 1913 the first professional Ecological Society in the world. Tansley was its President. Organising the British Vegetation Committee and initiating a series of International Phytogeographic Excursions, he changed phytogeography into ecology.
Author : E. S. Leedham-Green
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521439787
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (397 download)
Download or read book A Concise History of the University of Cambridge written by E. S. Leedham-Green and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise, illustrated history of the University of Cambridge, from its thirteenth-century origins to the present day, is the only book of its kind in print and is intended as a standard introduction for anyone interested in one of the world's greatest academic institutions. Many individuals are celebrated here who have exerted great influence upon developments within the University and beyond. But forces for change have often come from outside the University, from central government or from the aspirations and expectations of society at large. One of the prime objectives of this book is to describe how the university has reacted to, or resisted, these external pressures. At the same time it conveys an impression of the day-to-day experiences of students and their teachers and administrators over the University's 700-year history. Major university institutions, such as the University Press and the University Library, are also described briefly. The book contains many attractive and often unusual illustrations, of subjects ranging from medieval manuscripts to the striking new building projects of the 1990s.
Author : Stuart Max Walters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (717 download)
Download or read book The Shaping of Cambridge Botany written by Stuart Max Walters and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen A. Harris
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789148022
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)
Download or read book The Beauty of the Flower written by Stephen A. Harris and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2023-08-25 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blooming with rare archival images, the story of scientific botanical illustrations over nearly seven hundred years. In a world flooded with images designed to create memories, validate perceptions, and influence others, botanical illustration is about something much more focused: creating technically accurate depictions of plants. Reproductions of centuries-old botanical illustrations frequently adorn greeting cards, pottery, and advertising, to promote heritage or generate income, yet their art is scientific: intended to record, display, and transmit scientific data. The Beauty of the Flower tells the backstory of these images, showing us how scientific botanical illustrations are collaborations among artists, scientists, and publishers. It explores the evolution and interchanges of these illustrations since the mid-fifteenth century, how they have been used to communicate scientific ideas about plants, and how views of botanical imagery change. Featuring unique images rarely seen outside of specialist literature, this book reveals the fascinating stories behind these remarkable illustrations.
Author : Daniela Prögler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317142926
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book English Students at Leiden University, 1575-1650 written by Daniela Prögler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oldest and most renowned Dutch university, Leiden was an attractive proposition for travelling foreign students in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Alongside offering an excellent academic program and outstanding facilities, Leiden was also able to cater to the desires of noble students providing various extra-curricular activities. Leiden was the most popular continental university among English students, and this book investigates the 831 English students who studied there between 1575 and 1650. The preference of English students for Leiden was, on the one hand, related to close Anglo-Dutch relations of the period, and these are investigated with respect to politics, economy, religion, culture, as well as to the large 'stranger' communities residing in the respective countries. On the other hand, Leiden's attraction resulted from its academic achievements, which are traced back to the conditions in the United Provinces, the limited influence of the Calvinist Church, Leiden's professors, as well as the university's facilities. The core of this study is an exhaustive quantitative study of the composition of the Leiden student population in general, and that of its English segment in particular. Information is provided on the duration of the studies of English students at Leiden, their age, social background and fields of study. We learn about the careers of English students both prior to and after their time at Leiden, and of the motivation that led the English to choose Leiden over other continental universities. More than a study of one group of students at one university, this book is a valuable contribution to the history of early modern universities and will appeal to a wide international readership interested in cultural and intellectual history as well as in Anglo-Dutch relations.
Author : James Edward Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108069703
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)
Download or read book A Selection of the Correspondence of Linnaeus, and Other Naturalists written by James Edward Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1821, a two-volume collection of correspondence between some of the brightest naturalists of the eighteenth century.
Author : David Jacques
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1802075267
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Chiswick House Gardens written by David Jacques and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The grounds at Chiswick House are amongst the most iconic of all the historic gardens of Europe. In the 1720s they reflected Lord Burlington’s innovative ideas on Palladianism and antique gardens, whilst the area transformed by William Kent to give a rustic appearance in the early 1730s has been recognised as one of, or perhaps the, birthplace of the landscape garden. The grounds were periodically brought to the forefront of taste, reaching another high point as the venue for spectacular garden parties under the 6th Duke of Devonshire. As a garden of many periods it has given rise to passionate national debates since World War II on the principles of restoration, and as a public park it has been an important project assisted by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Its renewed high state of keeping and its tranquil beauty belies its ‘deep’ history of intellectual debate, social tensions and practical difficulties. The book concentrates on the four main periods when Chiswick gardens were in the national spotlight, two when being in the forefront of taste and two concerning the restorations, the first being in the 1950s when the whole question of garden restoration was entirely new. The second restoration, on and off since 1988 intersects with the development of a philosophical stance and national policy on the restoration of parks and gardens. There is much of interest for art and architectural historians, garden historians, social historians and those local and international visitors who enjoy the finest public park in West London.
Author : Paul A. Elliott
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 082298167X
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)
Download or read book The British Arboretum written by Paul A. Elliott and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the science and culture of nineteenth-century British arboretums, or tree collections. The development of arboretums was fostered by a variety of factors, each of which is explored in detail: global trade and exploration, the popularity of collecting, the significance to the British economy and society, developments in Enlightenment science, changes in landscape gardening aesthetics and agricultural and horticultural improvement. Arboretums were idealized as microcosms of nature, miniature encapsulations of the globe and as living museums. This book critically examines different kinds of arboretum in order to understand the changing practical, scientific, aesthetic and pedagogical principles that underpinned their design, display and the way in which they were viewed. It is the first study of its kind and fills a gap in the literature on Victorian science and culture.
Author : David Kohn
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400854717
Total Pages : 1152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Darwinian Heritage written by David Kohn and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing the present rich state of historical work on Darwin and Darwinism, this volume of essays places the great theorist in the context of Victorian science. The book includes contributions by some of the most distinguished senior figures of Darwin scholarship and by leading younger scholars who have been transforming Darwinian studies. The result is the most comprehensive survey available of Darwin's impact on science and society. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Nuala C. Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857735470
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed written by Nuala C. Johnson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Botanical gardens brought together in a single space the great diversity of the earth's flora. They displaced nature from forest and foothill and re-arranged it to reveal something of the scientific principles underpinning the apparent chaos of the wild. Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed shows how the design and display of such gardens was not determined by scientific principles alone. Through a study of three botanical gardens - belonging to the University of Cambridge, the Royal Dublin Society, and the Belfast Natural History Society - the author shows how the final outcome involved a complex interplay of ideas about place, identity, empire, botanical science, and especially aesthetics, creating spaces that would educate the mind as well as please the senses. This highly engaging book offers a wealth of fresh insights into both the history and development of botanical gardens as well as connections between science and aesthetics.
Author : Peter Ayres
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317314107
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book The Aliveness of Plants written by Peter Ayres and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Jane Whitaker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786726041
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Gardens for Gloriana written by Jane Whitaker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formal gardens of Elizabethan England were among the glories of their age. Complementing the great houses of the day, they reflected the aspirations of their owners, whose greatest desire was to achieve success at Court and to delight the Queen. No leading courtier would be without his great house, no great house was complete without its garden. In this richly illustrated work, Jane Whitaker explores these gems of Elizabethan England, focusing on the gardens of the Queen and her leading courtiers. Drawing on the cultural and horticultural sources of the day, as well as evidence surviving on the ground, she recreates these lost gardens, revealing both the rich and Renaissance culture that underlay them and the sumptuous world of the Elizabethan aristocracy. The result is an evocation of one of the most opulent reigns in English history and an entertaining and informative study of one of the most interesting periods of garden history.
Author : Frank N. Egerton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135175677X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)
Download or read book Hewett Cottrell Watson written by Frank N. Egerton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2003. Hewett Cottrell Watson was a pioneer in a new science not yet defined in Victorian times - ecology - and was practically the first naturalist to conduct research on plant evolution, beginning in 1834. His achievement in British science is commemorated by the fact that the Botanical Society of the British Isles named its journal after him - Watsonia - but of greater significance to the history of science is his contribution to the development of Darwin’s theory of evolution. The correspondence between Watson and Darwin, analysed for the first time in this book, reveals the extent to which Darwin profited from Watson’s data. Darwin’s subsequent fame, however, is one of the reasons why Watson became almost forgotten. At the same time, Watson can be called a classic Victorian eccentric, and his other ambition, in addition to promoting and organizing British botany, was to carry forward the cause of phrenology. Indeed, he was a more daring theoretician in phrenology than ever he was in botany, but in the end he abandoned it, not being able to raise phrenology to the level of an accepted science. This biography traces both the influences and characteristics that shaped Watson’s outlook and personality, and indeed his science, and the institutional contexts within which he worked. At the same time, it makes evident the extent of his real contributions to the science of plant ecology and evolution.
Author : Melvin Santer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019935636X
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Confronting Contagion written by Melvin Santer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, humankind's working theories regarding the cause of infectious disease have shifted drastically, as cultures developed their philosophic, religious, and scientific beliefs. Plagues that were originally attributed to the wrath of the gods were later described as having nothing to do with the gods, though the cause continued to be a mystery. As centuries passed, medical and religious theorists proposed reasons such as poor air quality or the configuration of the planets as causes for the spread of disease. In every instance, in order to understand the origin of a disease theory during a specific period of history, one must understand that culture's metaphysical beliefs. In Confronting Contagion, Melvin Santer traces a history of disease theory all the way from Classical antiquity to our modern understanding of viruses. Chapters focus on people and places like the Pre-Socratic Philosophers, Galen and the emergence of Christianity in Rome, the Black Death in fourteenth-century Europe, cholera and puerperal sepsis in the nineteenth century, and other periods during which our understanding of the cause of disease was transformed. The cause of contagious disease was demonstrated to be a general biological phenomenon; there are contagious diseases of plants, animals, and bacteria, with causes identical to causes of human diseases. These issues are uniquely included in this book. In each case, Santer identifies the key thinkers who helped form the working disease theories of the time. The book features many excerpts from primary sources, from the Hippocratic Corpus to the writings of twentieth-century virologists, creating an authentic synthesis of the Western world's intellectual and religious attitude toward disease throughout history.
