Not one pumpkin -- Every growing thing -- Into the Arctic! -- Dragon with seven heads -- Can bananas grow in Holland? -- Nature's blueprint -- Last name, first name -- Most controversial plant -- Human vs. animal -- Student explorers -- The professor
Summary:
The globetrotting naturalists of the eighteenth century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology. Beil offers a vivid glimpse into the life of one of modern science's founding thinkers
