The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants by Anna Pavord

The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants

Anna Pavord

471 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
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Anna Pavord takes us on a thrilling adventure into botanical history, travelling from Athens in the third century BC, through Constantinople, Venice, the medical school at Salerno to the universities of Pisa and Padua. The journey, traced here for...

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