James Sowerby

The Enlightenment's Natual Historian

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Paul Henderson

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• First full biography of James Sowerby using some new, as well as extensive scholarly resources • Provides authoritative and enlightening accounts of how some of the most important botanical works were produced and used. • Covers the importance of botany at a time of much scientific development and the role of art in the development of taxonomy • Beautifully illustrated with Sowerby’s artwork, along with extracts from letters, manuscripts and publications involving natural historians

Author Biography:

Paul Henderson is a geologist whose early career was in the Universities of Glasgow and London, then in the Natural History Museum as Head of Mineralogy and Director of Science until 2003. He received the Honour of CBE in 2003 and is author of books on the earth sciences. He is Honorary Professor at University College London where he currently researches the history of science.

Release date NZ

October 1st, 2015

Author

Paul Henderson

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

336

Dimensions

186x246x30

ISBN-13

9781842465967

Product ID

23085242

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