ISBN: 9780500294796

The story of natural history as seen through the lives, observations, and discoveries of the worldâ??s greatest naturalists. â??How the sciences of geology, biology, ecology and paleontol… Mehr…

The story of natural history as seen through the lives, observations, and discoveries of the worldâ??s greatest naturalists. â??How the sciences of geology, biology, ecology and paleontology developed over three centuries is wonderfully illuminated in this volume." â??Publishers WeeklyWe owe a debt of gratitude to the naturalists who described, experimented, collected, and gave us the means to understand the natural world. They came from all over the globe, from classical times to the end of the nineteenth century, when natural history changed from a mainly amateur pursuit to todayâ??s specialized scientific profession. Braving dangersâ??including storms, pirates, and diseaseâ??in pursuit of cataloging the natural world, pioneers such as Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin changed the course of science with their groundbreaking theories. This book includes many naturalists who are well known, such as the earliest great natural historian, Aristotle; Carl Linnaeus, the man who brought order to nature; the ornithologist and painter John James Audubon; and Georges Cuvier, who established the concept of extinction. Others are now given their rightful place: Antony van Leeuwenhoek, who made his own microscopes and discovered bacteria; and Mary Anning, â??the princess of paleontology," who had an amazing, self-taught talent for finding fossils. Many of these people were great artists as well as scientists, and The Great Naturalists is illustrated with a selection of beautiful and precise paintings and drawings of birds, animals, fossils, fish, shells, and rocks from the unparalleled collections of the Natural History Museum, London. | The Great Naturalists by Robert Huxley Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Science & Nature > Science > History & Philosophy P10117, Robert Huxley<

ISBN: 9780500294796

The story of natural history as seen through the lives, observations, and discoveries of the world’s greatest naturalists.We owe a debt of gratitude to the naturalists who described… Mehr…

The story of natural history as seen through the lives, observations, and discoveries of the world’s greatest naturalists.We owe a debt of gratitude to the naturalists who described, experimented, collected, and gave us the means to understand the natural world. They came from all over the globe, from classical times to the end of the nineteenth century, when natural history changed from a mainly amateur pursuit to today's specialized scientific profession.Braving dangers—including storms, pirates, and disease—in pursuit of cataloging the natural world, pioneers such as Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin changed the course of science with their groundbreaking theories. This book includes many naturalists who are well known, such as the earliest great natural historian, Aristotle; Carl Linnaeus, the man who brought order to nature; the ornithologist and painter John James Audubon; and Georges Cuvier, who established the concept of extinction. Others are now given their rightful place: Antony van Leeuwenhoek, who made his own microscopes and discovered bacteria; and Mary Anning, the princess of paleontology, who had an amazing, self-taught talent for finding fossils.Many of these people were great artists as well as scientists, and The Great Naturalists is illustrated with a selection of beautiful and precise paintings and drawings of birds, animals, fossils, fish, shells, and rocks from the unparalleled collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Science>Hist & Phil of Science>Hist,Phil of Science, Thames & Hudson Core >1<

2019, ISBN: 9780500294796

From Classical times to the 19th century, the great quest to discover and define the intoxicating diversity of the natural world attracted a host of intrepid thinkers and explorers. Arist… Mehr…

From Classical times to the 19th century, the great quest to discover and define the intoxicating diversity of the natural world attracted a host of intrepid thinkers and explorers. Aristotle and Linnaeus set out to classify nature; Joseph Banks and von Humboldt made perilous journeys to collect and record it. Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria with a homemade microscope and James Hutton revealed the immense age of the Earth. Mary Anning hunted fossils; others insects, birds and plants. Georges Cuvier pondered extinction, and Charles Darwin proclaimed the origin of species. With their radical thinking and commitment to close observation, these pioneers laid foundations for the specialist scientists of today. Here thirty-nine of them are brought vividly to life by an array of experts, with illustrations from the unmatched archive of the Natural History Museum, London. Books Robert Huxley|Paperback|Thames & Hudson Ltd|01/08/2019, Thames & Hudson Ltd<

2019, ISBN: 9780500294796

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Thames & Hudson Ltd], The trajectory of ideas about natural history across the lives of forty great naturalists is charted here, from the classical period to the e… Mehr…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Thames & Hudson Ltd], The trajectory of ideas about natural history across the lives of forty great naturalists is charted here, from the classical period to the end of the nineteenth century., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 272, [GW: 288g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

2019, ISBN: 0500294798

[EAN: 9780500294796], Nieuw boek, [SC: 12.0], [PU: THAMES & HUDSON], SCIENCE BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL HISTORY, Über den AutorRobert Huxley is head of collections in the depar… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780500294796], Nieuw boek, [SC: 12.0], [PU: THAMES & HUDSON], SCIENCE BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY GENERAL HISTORY, Über den AutorRobert Huxley is head of collections in the department of botany at the Natural History Museum, London.KlappentextrnrnThe trajectory of ideas about natural history across the lives ., Books<