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History of botanical science : an account of the development of botany from ancient times to the present day

by: Morton, A. G. (Alan G.)

Publication date: 1981

Topics: Botany -- history, Botany -- History, Botanique -- Histoire, Botanik, Botany, Plantkunde, Geschichte, Botany History

Publisher: London ; New York : Academic Press

Collection: inlibrary; printdisabled; marygrovecollege; internetarchivebooks; americana

Contributor: Internet Archive

Language: English

xii, 474 pages : 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Chapter 1 The Beginnings of the Knowledge of Plants -- Chapter 2 The Origin of Botany as a Science -- Chapter 3 Theophrastus to Galen: Botany in Hellenistic and Roman Times (280 BC to AD 200) -- Chapter 4 The Dark Ages of Botany in Europe (200 to 1483) -- Chapter 5 Renascence of Botany in Europe: from Herbal to Flora (1483 to 1623) -- Chapter 6 A Chart for the Future (1623-1694) -- Chapter 7 Camerarius to Linnaeus: the Recognition of Sex in the Plants and the Exploration of World Flora (1694 to 1753) -- Chapter 8 Enlightenment and Revolution in Botany (1753 to 1809) -- Chapter 9 Establishment of a Unitary Theory of the Structure and Life Cycle of Plants (1809 to 1851) -- Chapter 10 Laying the Foundations of Modern Botany (1851 to 1912) -- Chapter 11 Botany in the Twentieth Century -- Index