The Man Who Organized Nature : : The Life of Linnaeus / / Gunnar Broberg.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Broberg, Gunnar,
• MitwirkendeR: Dalarna, County,; Paterson, Anna,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (512 p.) :; 18 color + 55 b/w illus.

A new biography of Carl Linnaeus, offering a vivid portrait of Linnaeus’s life and workCarl Linnaeus (1707–1778), known as the father of modern biological taxonomy, formalized and popularized the system of binomial nomenclature used to classify plants and animals. Linnaeus himself classified thousands of species; the simple and immediately recognizable abbreviation “L” is used to mark classifications originally made by Linnaeus. This biography, by the leading authority on Linnaeus, offers a vivid portrait of Linnaeus’s life and work. Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished sources—including diaries and personal correspondence—as well as new research, it presents revealing and original accounts of his family life, the political context in which he pursued his work, and his eccentric views on sexuality.The Man Who Organized Nature describes Linnaeus’s childhood in a landscape of striking natural beauty and how this influenced his later work. Linnaeus’s Lutheran pastor father, knowledgeable about plants and an enthusiastic gardener, helped foster an early interest in botany. The book examines the political connections that helped Linnaeus secure patronage for his work, and untangles his ideas about sexuality. These were not, as often assumed, an attempt to naturalize gender categories but more likely reflected the laissez-faire attitudes of the era. Linnaeus, like many other brilliant scientists, could be moody and egotistical; the book describes his human failings as well as his medical and scientific achievements. Written in an engaging and accessible style, The Man Who Organized Nature—one of the only biographies of Linnaeus to appear in English—provides new and fascinating insights into the life of one of history’s most consequential and enigmatic scientists.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Who Was He? -- Part I A Great Man Can Come from a Small House 1707–1741 -- Introduction -- Chapter one. The Guardian Tree -- Chapter two. Studies in Växjö and Lund -- Chapter three. The Academy in Uppsala -- Chapter four. In a Mythical Landscape: Lapland -- Chapter five. Diaeta Naturalis -- Chapter six. In the Mountains and under the Ground -- Chapter seven. In the Land of Tulips -- Chapter eight. Nature’s Order 1 -- Chapter nine. A Stockholm Interlude -- Part II At the Height of the Ages of Man 1741–1758 -- Introduction -- Chapter ten. Uppsala and Enlightenment -- Chapter eleven. Three Programmatic Speeches -- Chapter twelve. Provincial Travels on Behalf of Parliament -- Chapter thirteen. A Language in Which Everything Matters -- Chapter fourteen. Flora et Fauna Svecica -- Chapter fifteen. Family Life 1 scenes from a marriage -- Chapter sixteen. In the Garden, at Herbations, among the Collections -- Chapter seventeen. Ex Cathedra -- Chapter eighteen. What Is More Precious than Life, More Pleasing than Health? -- Chapter nineteen. Academic Amusements -- Chapter twenty. Appetite for Work, Weariness, Communication -- Chapter twenty-one. When Linnaeus Wrote, Salvius Printed, and Tessin Bought the Books -- Chapter twenty-two. Linnaeus, “the Sexualist” -- Chapter twenty-three. Curiosity-Driven Research -- Chapter twenty-four. Nature and Culture -- Chapter twenty-five. Entrepreneur and Economist -- Chapter twenty-six. To Describe the World -- Chapter twenty-seven. Nature’s Order 2 -- Chapter twenty-eight. Homo sapiens -- Part III The Old Linnaeus 1758–1778 -- Introduction -- Chapter twenty-nine. Honors -- Chapter thirty. Among Students and among Senior Academics -- Chapter thirty-one. Family Life 2: Hammarby -- Chapter thirty-two. Friends and Enemies -- Chapter thirty-three. Problems -- Chapter thirty-four. A New Synthesis? -- Chapter thirty-five. A Philosopher of Science or a Scientist? -- Chapter thirty-six. The Back of God and God’s Footsteps -- Chapter thirty-seven. Nemesis Divina -- Chapter thirty-eight. Solomon on Growing Old -- Epilogue I Family Life 3: mother and child -- Epilogue II Linneanism -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Sources and literature -- Index