Ancient Botany
Title | Ancient Botany PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Hardy |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2015-10-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134386796 |
Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Nicolaus of Damascus' On Plants, and Galen' On Simple Remedies, but also includes lesser known texts ranging from the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, as well as some material evidence. The authors adopt a thematic approach rather than a chronological one, considering important issues such as the definition of a plant, nomenclature, classifications, physiology, the link between plants and their environment, and the numerous usages of plants in the ancient world. The book also takes care to place ancient botany in its historical, social and economic context. The authors have explained all technical botanical terms and ancient history notions, and as a result, this work will appeal to historians of ancient science, medicine and technology; classicists; and botanists interested in the history of their discipline.
Ancient Botany
Title | Ancient Botany PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Hardy |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2015-10-05 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1134386788 |
Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Nicolaus of Damascus' On Plants, and Galen' On Simple Remedies, but also includes lesser known texts ranging from the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, as well as some material evidence. The authors adopt a thematic approach rather than a chronological one, considering important issues such as the definition of a plant, nomenclature, classifications, physiology, the link between plants and their environment, and the numerous usages of plants in the ancient world. The book also takes care to place ancient botany in its historical, social and economic context. The authors have explained all technical botanical terms and ancient history notions, and as a result, this work will appeal to historians of ancient science, medicine and technology; classicists; and botanists interested in the history of their discipline.
Ancient Botany: Organising the vegetable kingdom
Title | Ancient Botany: Organising the vegetable kingdom PDF eBook |
Author | F. G. Hardy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN | 9781134386741 |
Ancient Plants
Title | Ancient Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Marie Carmichael Stopes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Paleobotany |
ISBN |
History of Pre-Clusian Botany in Its Relation to Aster
Title | History of Pre-Clusian Botany in Its Relation to Aster PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Sandford Burgess |
Publisher | |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | Asters |
ISBN |
Botany
Title | Botany PDF eBook |
Author | James D. Mauseth |
Publisher | Jones & Bartlett Learning |
Pages | 923 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN | 0763721344 |
Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology, Third Edition, provides an updated, thorough overview of the fundamentals of botany. The topics and chapters are organized in a sequence that is easy to follow, beginning with the most familiar - structure -- and proceeding to the less familiar -- metabolism -- then finishing with those topics that are probably the least familiar to most beginning students -- genetics, evolution, the diversity of organisms, and ecology.
Landmarks of Botanical History
Title | Landmarks of Botanical History PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Lee Greene |
Publisher | |
Pages | 978 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Botanists |
ISBN |