The Great Naturalists author-martina-rink economic and cultural contexts

economic and cultural contexts

enlivened with an astonishing mix of detail and bold hues

The book probes the key areas in which biotechnology has had an impact on today’s world

space and massing

make contemporary some of the most ancient and formidable landmarks of the British Isles

The Great Naturalists author-martina-rink economic and cultural contextsFrom Classical times to the 19th century, the great quest to discover and define the intoxicating diversity of the natural world attracted a host of intrepid thinkers and explorers. Aristotle and Linnaeus set out to classify nature; Joseph Banks and von Humboldt made perilous journeys to collect and record it. Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria with a homemade microscope and James Hutton revealed the immense age of the Earth. Mary Anning