134 records matched your query
03020cam a2200457Ia 4500 001 5FE498762B0B11DE9A033608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20201027010837 008 051214s2005 nyua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2006355264 020 $a 9781596910713 020 $a 1596910712 035 $a (OCoLC)62594095 040 $a DPB $c DPB $d SILO $d UUS $d BUR $d GZM $d BAKER $d CLU $d AGL $d DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d UBA $d MUQ $d SMP $d KAAUA $d NIU $d SILO 050 00 $a QK96 $b .P38 2005 070 0 $a QK96 $b .P39 2005 082 04 $a 580.14 $2 22 100 1 $a Pavord, Anna. 245 1 $a The naming of names : $b the search for order in the world of plants / $c Anna Pavord. 250 $a 1st U.S. ed. 260 $a [New York, NY] : $b Bloomsbury, $c 2005. 300 $a 471 p. : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c 26 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-448) and index. 505 0 $a In the beginning -- All men by nature desire to know -- The Alexandrian library -- Pliny the plagiarist -- The medicine men -- Juliana's book -- The Arab influence -- Out of the black hole -- The image makers -- Theophrastus reborn -- Brunfels's book -- The irascible Fuchs -- In Italy -- The first botanic garden -- The long-nosed nit-picker -- Weaving the web -- Protestants prevail -- Gesner's masterpiece -- New pastures -- Plantin's team -- The last of the herbals -- English achievements -- The American connection -- The beginning of the end. 520 $a Traces the search for order in the natural world, a search that for hundreds of years occupied some of the most brilliant minds in Europe, reaching its apex during the Renaissance. From Athens in the third century BC, through Constantinople, Venice, the medical school at Salerno to the universities of Pisa and Padua, the journey involves a world full of intrigue and intensely competitive egos, from Europe to the culture of Islam, the first expeditions to the Indies and the first settlers in the New World. Gradually, over a long period, plants assumed identities and artists painted pictures of them. Plants acquired the two-part names that show how they are related to other plants. But who began all this work, and how was it done?--From publisher description. 650 0 $a Plants $v Nomenclature. 650 0 $a Botany $x History. 650 12 $a Plants $x classification. 650 22 $a Botany $x history. 650 7 $a Plantas (identificaçaÌo) $2 larpcal 650 7 $a BotaÌnica (classificaçaÌo) $2 larpcal 650 7 $a BotaÌnica (histoÌria) $2 larpcal 650 6 $a Plantes $x Histoire. $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Botanique $x Histoire. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006355264-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2006355264-d.html 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823055110.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20100301073843.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5FE498762B0B11DE9A033608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search