The aliveness of plants
Subtitle: the Darwins at the dawn of plant science
By: by Peter Ayres.
Publisher: Pickering & Chatto
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Brookfield, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781851969708
Subjects: Darwin, Charles, -- 1809-1882.; Darwin, Francis, -- Sir, -- 1848-1925.; Darwin, Erasmus, -- 1731-1802.; Botanists -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Botany -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Botany -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: Green threads across the ages: a brief perspective on the Darwins' botany; title: The fortunes of the Darwins; title: The misfortunes of botany; title: Erasmus Darwin's vision of the future: phytologia; title: Charles Darwin's evolutionary period; title: Charles Darwin's physiological period; title: Charles Darwin, Frances Darwin and differences with von Sachs; title: Francis Darwin, Cambridge and plant physiology; title: Francis Darwin, family and his father's memory; title: Fortune's favourites?; title: Where did the green threads lead? The botanical legacy.