Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France
Subtitle: The Spirit of the Enlightenment (International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives internationales d'histoire des idées)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780792368861
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; c 1700 to c 1800; Life Sciences - Botany; Plant Physiology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Philosophy; Environmental Science; History & Theory - General; Political Science : History & Theory - General; Science / Botany; Science : Environmental Science; Social Science / Reference; 18th century; Botany; France; History
First sentence: The emergence of botany as a science distinct from medicine and herbalism in the 18th century was a gradual metamorphosis, not a sudden flowering.