Enlightenment botany was replete with sexual symbolism—to the extent that many botanical textbooks were widely considered pornographic. Carl Linnaeus's controversial new system for classifying plants based on their sexual characteristics, as well as his use of language resonating with erotic allusions, provoked intense public debate over the morality of botanical study. And the...(展开全部)

Enlightenment botany was replete with sexual symbolism—to the extent that many botanical textbooks were widely considered pornographic. Carl Linnaeus's controversial new system for classifying plants based on their sexual characteristics, as well as his use of language resonating with erotic allusions, provoked intense public debate over the morality of botanical study. And the...(展开全部)

Carl Linnaeus, Pioneer of Modern Botany combines the story of his life with a clear exposition and evaluation of his contribution to botanical science.

In the short time they existed, the indie rock band The Libertines kick-started a music Renaissance. Their grungy rock sound andsuch stunts as giving away albums for freeerased the barrier with fans and inspired thousands. Yet for all their musical acumen, the band made the most headlines for their apparent “live fast, die young” lifestyle and for lead man Pete Doherty’s drug a...(展开全部)

In the short time they existed, the indie rock band The Libertines kick-started a music Renaissance. Their grungy rock sound andsuch stunts as giving away albums for freeerased the barrier with fans and inspired thousands. Yet for all their musical acumen, the band made the most headlines for their apparent “live fast, die young” lifestyle and for lead man Pete Doherty’s drug a...(展开全部)

This 1996 collection examines the discovery of plants and peoples of the Pacific in the eighteenth century by European scientists and travellers. The contributors conceptualise the process of discovery, which involved active cultural solutions to problems of representation, rather than mere collection and passive depiction. These solutions both reflected and created visions of ...(展开全部)

Colonial ambitions spawned imperial attitudes, theories, and practices that remain entrenched within botany and across the life sciences. Banu Subramaniam draws on fields as disparate as queer studies, Indigenous studies, and the biological sciences to explore the labyrinthine history of how colonialism transformed rich and complex plant worlds into biological knowledge. Botany...(展开全部)

Colonial ambitions spawned imperial attitudes, theories, and practices that remain entrenched within botany and across the life sciences. Banu Subramaniam draws on fields as disparate as queer studies, Indigenous studies, and the biological sciences to explore the labyrinthine history of how colonialism transformed rich and complex plant worlds into biological knowledge. Botany...(展开全部)

理查·梅比（Richard Mabey） 英國極負盛名的自然書寫作家，致力於探討自然和文化的關係。曾任英國自然保護委員會顧問，二〇一二年成為皇家文學學會會員。著作逾三十餘本，包括暢銷植物聖經《大不列顛植物誌》（Flora Britannica）、《免費食物》（Food for Free）、《野草的故事》（Weeds: the Story of Outlaw Plants）、《自然良方》（Nature Cure）、《吉伯特•懷特》（Gilbert White）等，皆名列「惠特布萊德傳記獎」與「艾克利圖書獎」等多項圖書大獎。他是《泰晤士報》《衛報》《獨立報》、《格蘭塔》等權威媒體的植物專欄作家，身兼英國廣播公司（BBC）多部自然系列節目的總撰稿者和製片人。 譯者 林金源 專職譯者。熱愛大自然中的蟲魚鳥獸，優遊知識與心靈國度，把翻譯當作認識世界的方式。

Drawing on letters, poems, notebooks, and secret diaries, Lisbet Koemer tells the moving story of one of the most famous naturalists who ever lived, the Swedish-born botanist and systematizer, Carl Linnaeus. The first scholarly biography of this great Enlightenment scientist in almost one hundred years, this book also recounts for the first time Linnaeus' grand and bizarre econ...(展开全部)