Linnaeus: The Compleat Naturalist.(Brief article)(Book review)

The Science Teacher;  April 1, 2008 ;     266 words ...Linnaeus: The Compleat Naturalist By Wilfrid Blunt and William T. Stearn $45. 264 pp. Princeton...9780691096360. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Given the role that Carl Linnaeus played in modern biology, it is odd that so few books have...

LLANARTHNE.(Features)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  June 15, 2007 ;     45 words ...Carl Linnaeus' ideas about the sexuality of plants back in 1735 caused some to be alarmed. The 300th anniversary of his birth is being marked by Herbarium Amoris: a Tribute to Carl Linnaeus, an exhibition of photographs by Edvard Koinberg @ National Botanic Garden of Wales until July 15

The swede who made plants sexy

South Wales Evening Post;  June 15, 2007 ;     282 words ...Herbarium Amoris: a Tribute to Carl Linnaeus National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne...Charlie Dimmock, 16th century boffin Carl Linnaeus made gardening sexy. A new show at...potting shed and in the flower bed. Carl Linnaeus's ideas about the sexuality of plants...

Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks

Northeastern Naturalist;  January 1, 2007 ;     100 words ...Sex, Botany, and Empire: The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks. Patricia Fara. 2003. Columbia University...entertaining book that examines the public and political roles of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks in what is called "Enlightenment Botany...

SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY PRESENTS 'A TRIBUTE TO...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 8, 2007 ;     323 words ......following press release: To celebrate the birth of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, the National Museum of Natural History will host a two-day exhibit, "A Tribute to Carl Linnaeus, 1707-1778," Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 13 - 14 in the museum's...

Linnaeus: Nature and Nation

Northeastern Naturalist;  January 1, 2002 ;     129 words ......ISBN 0674005651. In a new scholarly biography, the life of Carl Linnaeus is followed not only in terms of his natural history accomplishments...and failures are revealed, but this biography also reveals Carl Linnaeus as a real person working within the science and society of...

A statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus, stands along the Linnaeus...

Getty Images;  May 20, 2007 ;     136 words ...SVEN NACKSTRAND Getty Images 05-20-2007 A statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus, stands along the Linnaeus... Full Size JPG (736 KB) A statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus, stands along the Linnaeus botanic track 18 May 2007 arranged for the 300 anniversary...

SEX, BOTANY AND EMPIRE: THE STORY OF CARL LINNAEUS AND JOSEPH BANKS

Artforum;  December 1, 2004 ;     424 words ...SEX, BOTANY AND EMPIRE: THE STORY OF CARL LINNAEUS AND JOSEPH BANKS BY PATRICIA FARA NEW YORK: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY...Sex, Botany and Empire purports to tell the stories of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks, it focuses mainly on the latter, an eighteenth-centu...

Visitors look at a statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus along the...

Getty Images;  May 20, 2007 ;     137 words ......NACKSTRAND Getty Images 05-20-2007 Visitors look at a statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus along the... Full Size JPG (1266 KB) Visitors look at a statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus along the Linnaeus botanic track 18 May 2007 arranged for the 300 anniversary...

A woman looks at a statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus along the...

Getty Images;  May 20, 2007 ;     137 words ......NACKSTRAND Getty Images 05-20-2007 A woman looks at a statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus along the... Full Size JPG (1193 KB) A woman looks at a statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus along the Linnaeus botanic track 18 May 2007 arranged for the 300 anniversary...

A man looks at a statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus along the Linnaeus...

Getty Images;  May 20, 2007 ;     138 words ......NACKSTRAND Getty Images 05-20-2007 A man looks at a statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus along the Linnaeus... Full Size JPG (865 KB) A man looks at a statue of botanist Carl Linnaeus along the Linnaeus botanic track 18 May 2007 arranged for the 300...

Linnean Society celebrates the tercentenary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus...

M2 Presswire;  May 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ......celebrates the tercentenary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show; Roy...birth of the great Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus with an exhibit in the Lifelong Learning...the tercentenary year of his birth. Carl Linnaeus said in his Philosophia Botanica (1751...

Linnaeus's Uppsala

Scandinavian Review;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......ever to emerge from Scandinavia was Carl Linnaeus, the Father of Taxonomy. This year...Uppsala has declared itself "the city of Carl Linnaeus." This year marks the 300th anniversary...birth of the great Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. The tercentenary is being celebrated...

Visitors look at exhibits along the Carl Linnaeus botanic track...

Getty Images;  May 20, 2007 ;     134 words ......NACKSTRAND Getty Images 05-20-2007 Visitors look at exhibits along the Carl Linnaeus botanic track... Full Size JPG (1208 KB) Visitors look at exhibits along the Carl Linnaeus botanic track 18 May 2007 arranged for the 300 anniversary of Linnaeus...

Linnaeus 1907: Oscar Levertin and the re-invention of Carl Linnaeus as...

Scandinavian Studies;  December 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Strindberg, En bla bok 335 (1) THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION of Carl Linnaeus's birth in May 1907 was an unprecedented event in Sweden...nature. The great irony of the commemoration was that the Carl Linnaeus celebrated in 1907--the man lauded for changing how Swedes...