What Linnaeus Saw: A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing by Karen Magnuson Beil

What Linnaeus Saw: A Scientist's Quest to Name Every Living Thing

Karen Magnuson Beil

256 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction biography science informative slow-paced
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What Linnaeus Saw is rich with biographical anecdotes--from his attempt to identify a mysterious animal given him by the king to successfully growing a rare and exotic banana plant in Amsterdam to debunking stories of dragons and phoenixes. Thorou...

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