Author:
Broberg, Gunnar, 1942-2022, author.
ImprintPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Descriptionx, 484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note:"Originally published as Mannen som ordnade naturen : en biografi över Carl von Linné, by Stiftelsen Natur & Kultur, Stockholm, Sweden, 2019." --Title page verso.
Note:Part I. A Great Man Can Come from a Small House, 1707-1741 -- The Guardian Tree -- Studies in Växjö and Lund -- The Academy in Uppsala -- In a Mythical Landscape : Lapland -- Diaeta Naturalis -- In the Mountains and under the Ground : County Dalarna -- In the Land of Tulips -- Nature's Order 1 -- A Stockholm Interlude -- Part II. At The Height of the Ages of Man, 1741-1758 -- Uppsala and Enlightenment -- Three Programmatic Speeches -- Provincial Travels on Behalf of Parliament -- A Language in Which Everything Matters -- Flora et Fauna Svecica -- Family Life 1 : Scenes from a Marriage -- In the Garden, at Herbations, among the Collections -- Ex Cathedra -- What Is More Precious than Life, More Pleasing than Health? -- Academic Amusements -- Appetite for Work, Weariness, Communication -- When Linnaeus Wrote, Salvius Printed, and Tessin Bought the Books -- Linnaeus, "the Sexualist" -- Curiosity-Driven Research -- Nature and Culture -- Entrepreneur and Economist -- To Describe the World -- Nature's Order 2 -- Homo sapiens -- Part III. The Old Linnaeus, 1758-1778 -- Honors -- Among Students and among Senior Academics -- Family Life 2 : Hammarby -- Friends and Enemies -- Problems -- A New Synthesis? -- A Philosopher of Science or a Scientist? -- The Back of God and God's Footsteps -- Nemesis Divina -- Solomon on Growing Old -- Epilogue I. Family Life 3 : Mother and Child -- Epilogue II. Linneanism.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-457) and index.
Note:"The Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) is the known as the father of modern biological taxonomy. One of the greatest scientists in history, he formalized and popularized the system of binomial nomenclature and classified thousands of species of plants and animals. In his field, he is so well known that he is often referred to simply as "L." In this comprehensive biography, Linnaeus scholar Gunnar Broberg, draws on a wide range of new research to paint a vivid and intimate portrait of the man. Delving deep into Linnaeus's correspondence and other contemporary sources, Broberg introduces reader's to Linnaeus's family and takes them along on his famous expedition to Lapland. He also investigates the scientist's private thoughts on subjects such as evolution and religion, which often yielded eccentric results. Despite, or perhaps because, of his great achievement, Linnaeus could be moody and egotistical, and this nuanced biography does not shy away from presenting both his scientific achievements and human failings"-- Provided by publisher.
