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The Man Who Organized Nature

HistoriaISBN | 9780691213422
The Man Who Organized Nature
The Man Who Organized Nature
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Pages: 512 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691213422
Format: tapa dura
Language: en
Release date: 11/7/2023

ISBN: 9780691213422


Synopsis of The Man Who Organized Nature

Esta biografía exhaustiva ofrece un retrato vívido e íntimo de Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), conocido como el padre de la taxonomía biológica moderna. Escrita por Gunnar Broberg, una de las principales autoridades en la materia, la obra utiliza fuentes inéditas como diarios y correspondencia personal para explorar no solo sus logros científicos y la formalización de la nomenclatura binomial, sino también su vida familiar, el contexto político de su época y sus complejas visiones sobre la sexualidad y la religión. El libro describe desde su infancia en Suecia hasta sus famosas expediciones, revelando a un hombre de gran genialidad pero también con debilidades humanas, a menudo descrito como temperamental y egocéntrico. Es una lectura esencial para comprender a uno de los científicos más influyentes y enigmáticos de la historia, presentada en un estilo accesible y atractivo para el público general.



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Gunnar Broberg

Gunnar Broberg

Gunnar Broberg was professor in History of Science and Ideas at Lund University, Sweden, appointed in 1990. Broberg has written about the compulsory sterilization activities in Sweden and extensively about the scientist Carl Linnaeus. In 2005 he was elected Chair of the Royal Humanistic Scientific Society in Lund. He was the editor of the book Gyllene äpplen, which won the August Prize (Augustpriset) in 1992. In the Spring of 1998, Broberg was a Residential Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala, Sweden.

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