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

Pavord, Anna

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0747582440 ISBN 13: 9780747582441

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Publishing UK, 2007

Riassunto

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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Informazioni sull?autore

Anna Pavord is the gardening correspondent for the Independent and the author of eight previous books, including the bestselling The Tulip. She contributes to a number of magazines, both in the US and the UK, and regularly fronts programmes for BBC Radio 3 and 4. She chairs the Gardens Panel of the National Trust and sits on the Parks and Gardens Panel of English Heritage. She lives in Dorset, England, where she spent thirty years restoring the garden of an old rectory. She has recently moved to a new house and started another garden. She is married and has three daughters.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0747582440
• ISBN 13: 9780747582441
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 480
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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