[PDF.90xy] Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks (Revolutions in Science)

Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks (Revolutions in Science)

[PDF.us44] Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks (Revolutions in Science)

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 | #1058373 in Books |  2004-09-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.26 x.60 x4.64l,.50 | File type: PDF | 176 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| very pleased|By Leslie Shields|excellent coverage of the topics and time period|15 of 17 people found the following review helpful.| What did I just read??|By Robert Jordan|This book had so many flaws I'm not sure where to begin. My biggest problem is that the author seems to strongly dislike both Banks and Linnaeus; she gives|From Publishers Weekly|Fara, of the history and philosophy of science department at Cambridge, presents a book in search of a thesis. Despite the intriguing title, it spends little time drawing parallels among British imperialism, botany and eroticism (or, as Fa

Enlightenment botany was replete with sexual symbolism―to the extent that many botanical textbooks were widely considered pornographic. Carl Linnaeus's controversial new system for classifying plants based on their sexual characteristics, as well as his use of language resonating with erotic allusions, provoked intense public debate over the morality of botanical study. And the renowned Tahitian exploits of Joseph Banks―whose trousers were reportedly stolen while he ...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks (Revolutions in Science)   |  Patricia Fara. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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