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

Pavord, Anna

 
9780747582441: The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants
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ISBN 10: 0747582440 ISBN 13: 9780747582441
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing UK, 2007

Sinopsis

For centuries, some of the most brilliant minds in Europe searched for the rules of nature's game. In a world full of plagues and poisons, many medicines were made from plant extracts and there was a practical need to differentiate between one plant and another. Alongside this was an overwhelming desire to make sense of the natural world. Scholars, aided by the artists who painted the first pictures of plants, set out looking, writing and classifying, but 2,000 years were to pass before any rules became clear. Anna Pavord takes us on an exhilarating and fascinating journey through botanical history, travelling from Athens in the third century BC, through Constantinople and Venice, Padua and Pisa to the present day.

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Acerca del autor

Anna Pavord is the gardening correspondent for THE INDEPENDENT and the author of widely praised gardening books including PLANT PARTNERS and THE BORDER BOOK. She wrote for the OBSERVER for twenty years, has contributed to COUNTRY LIFE, ELLE DECORATION and COUNTRY LIVING, and is an associate editor of GARDENS ILLUSTRATED. For the last thirty years she has lived in Dorset, England where she is currently making a new garden. Constantly experimenting with new combinations of flowers and foliage, she finds it a tremendous source of inspiration.

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Editorial
Bloomsbury Publishing UK
Año de publicación
2007
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0747582440
ISBN 13 
9780747582441
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
480
Contacto del fabricante
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