The Great Naturalists

Name: The Great Naturalists
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500294796
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The Great Naturalists is an exploration of pivotal figures who contributed to our understanding of the natural world. It delves into the lives and works of naturalists through history, highlighting their discoveries and the impact they had on the science of nature. This book offers an insightful journey through the evolution of natural history as shaped by these influential individuals.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you are fascinated by the history of scientific discovery and the stories of trailblazing individuals who transformed our understanding of the natural world. It offers captivating narratives about pioneering naturalists, providing insight into their groundbreaking work and enduring impact on the field of science and nature.

Huxley presents the story of natural history as seen through the lives, observations, and discoveries of the worlds greatest naturalists. Many of those who are described here also had been great artists, and this book is illustrated with their beautiful and precise paintings and drawings.

The story of the development of ideas about natural history as seen through the lives of nearly forty great naturalists

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From Classical times to the 19th century, the great quest to discover and define the intoxicating diversity of the natural world attracted a host of intrepid thinkers and explorers. Aristotle and Linnaeus set out to classify nature; Joseph Banks and von Humboldt made perilous journeys to collect and record it. Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria with a homemade microscope and James Hutton revealed the immense age of the Earth. Mary Anning hunted fossils; others insects, birds, and plants. Georges Cuvier pondered extinction, and Charles Darwin proclaimed the origin of species.

With their radical thinking and commitment to close observation, these pioneers laid foundations for the specialist scientists of today. Here thirty-nine of them are brought vividly to life by an array of experts, with illustrations from the unmatched archive of the Natural History Museum, London.

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The Great Naturalists offers an insightful exploration into the evolution of sciences such as geology, biology, ecology, and paleontology over 300 years, as highlighted by Publishers Weekly.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500294796

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: 22 Illustrations, color

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Edited by Robert Huxley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 290g

Pages: 272

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Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Robert Huxley is a retired Principle Curator and Research Associate at the Natural History Museum, London, where he was responsible for the botanical collections including the 17th and 18th century collections of Sir Hans Sloane. Robert now lives in Liverpool where he is a museums and heritage consultant and writer on the history of natural history and collections. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Natural Science Collections and the Journal of the History of Collections.