Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France: The Spirit of the Enlightenment
Author:   R.L. Williams
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001
Volume:   179
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9789048156788


Pages:   197
Publication Date:   07 December 2010
Format:   Paperback
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The book describes the innovations that enabled botany, in the Eighteenth century, to emerge as an independent science, independent from medicine and herbalism. This encompassed the development of a reliable system for plant classification and the invention of a nomenclature that could be universally applied and understood. The key that enabled Linnaeus to devise his classification system was the discovery of the sexuality of plants. The book, which is intended for the educated general reader, proceeds to illustrate how many aspects of French life were permeated by this revolution in botany between about 1760 to 1815, a botanophilia sometimes inflated into botanomania. The reader should emerge with a clearer understanding of what the Enlightenment actually was in contrast to some popular second-hand ideas today.

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Author:   R.L. Williams
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001
Volume:   179
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789048156788


ISBN 10:   9048156785
Pages:   197
Publication Date:   07 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Prologue.- Sébastien Valliant and the Sexuality of Plants.- Linnaeus, Prince of Botanists.- Bernard de Jussieu and the Petit Trianon.- The Buffon Phenomenon.- From Jussieu to Candolle.- Plants and Medical Practices.- The Amiable Science and Sensibility.- Public Botanophilia: Floras.- Public Botanophilia: Learned Societies and Eminent Botanophiles.- Painting and Gardening: The Blending of Science and Art.- The Botanophiles Confront Deforestation.- Epilogue.- Finale.

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