The shaping of Cambridge botany

Walters, Stuart Max

ISBN 10: 0521237955 / ISBN 13: 9780521237956

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1981

A propos de cet article

Published on the sesquicentenary of Henslow's New Botanic Garden, 1831-1981. Weight: 1 Language: English.

N° de réf. du vendeur 27310

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The shaping of Cambridge botany
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1981
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521237955
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521237956
• Reliure: Hard covers, dust jacket
• Édition: 1st edition.
• État de l'article: V.g.
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Botany

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis

Used book

Présentation de l'éditeur

Originally published in 1981, this generously illustrated volume marked the 150th anniversary of the acquisition by the University of Cambridge of the site for its 'New Botanic Garden'. Written by a distinguished authority on British and European plants, the book honours the eminent scientists and key ideas that have been most influential not only in the history of the Botanic Gardens but also in guiding the development of botany itself from the foundations laid by John Ray in the mid-seventeenth century. It also includes rarely seen archival material . The core theme of the book is whole-plant botany, as distinct from cell biology or the study of the 'lower plants' (bacteria and fungi). Relatively little emphasis is given to genetics, plant physiology or ecology. The reader is nevertheless richly rewarded by this engaging and erudite account of Cambridge botany over more than three centuries.