Constantine Samuel Rafinesque: A Voice in the American Wilderness - Hardcover

Warren, Leonard

 
9780813123165: Constantine Samuel Rafinesque: A Voice in the American Wilderness
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 081312316X ISBN 13: 9780813123165
Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque was a quintessential nineteenth-century American scientist and naturalist. Exalted by some, cursed by others, Rafinesque gave Latin names to over 6,700 plant species, was acknowledged by Darwin for his early insights into biological variation, and is frequently mentioned in the great natural history archives. Yet he has been almost forgotten in our own day. During his long career, which included some five years as an innovative professor at Transylvania University in Kentucky, Rafinesque's colorful and sometimes difficult personality led to troubles with his colleagues. In Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, the first full-length biography of this brilliant, original, and misunderstood naturalist, Leonard Warren presents a fair and surprising look at Rafinesque's life and contributions to the world of science.

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Verlag
The University Press of Kentucky
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
081312316X
ISBN 13 
9780813123165
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
252
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