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Heroes of science

P. Martin Duncan

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Science advances on the shoulders of a few bold thinkers who saw what others missed. P. Martin Duncan profiles the heroes of botany and zoology, chief among them Linnaeus, who gave living things their names. Lively biographies that trace the growth of the life sciences. For readers who like their natural history told through the people who made it. Meet the pioneers of the living world.

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16 chapters

  1. 1HEROES OF SCIENCE.
  2. 2CHAPTER I. THE INFANCY OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.
  3. 3CHAPTER II. THE RISE OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.
  4. 4CHAPTER III. THE LIFE OF LINNÆUS.
  5. 5CHAPTER IV. THE LIFE OF LINNÆUS (Continued).
  6. 6CHAPTER V. THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SCIENCE OF PLANTS.
  7. 7CHAPTER VI. HEROES OF ZOOLOGY.
  8. 8CHAPTER VII. THE LIVES OF BUFFON, PENNANT, AND LAMARCK.
  9. 9CHAPTER VIII. THE LIFE OF CUVIER.
  10. 10CHAPTER IX. HEROES OF GEOLOGY.
  11. 11CHAPTER X. THE LIFE OF HUTTON.
  12. 12CHAPTER XI. THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SMITH.
  13. 13CHAPTER XII. THE LIFE OF MURCHISON.
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII. THE LIFE OF LYELL.
  15. 15FOOTNOTES
  16. 16PUBLICATIONS OF THE Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
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