
The Principles of Descriptive and Physiological Botany
John Stevens Henslow(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 24. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
340 pages
978-1-108-00186-1 (ISBN)
Description
Henslow's importance as Darwin's mentor is well established. He recommended Darwin for the post of naturalist on the Beagle and also encouraged him to read Lyell's pivotal geology text (also reissued in this series). While professor of botany at Cambridge, Henslow nurtured independent inquiry and acute observation in his students. These attributes are evident in this liberally illustrated 1835 book, which also reveals the influence of Candolle's Theorie Elementaire de la Botanique (1813) and Physiologie Vegetale (1832). Henslow's book, like his meticulous research papers and his innovative lectures, included focussed investigations on the nature and stability of 'species'. Charles Darwin paid such close attention that he became known as 'the man who walks with Henslow', and Henslow's teachings were to echo through Darwin's writings, from his jottings in notebooks on the Beagle onward. This reissue gives modern readers easy access to the work of this inspirational scientist.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
480 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-00186-1 (9781108001861)
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Content
Introduction; Part I. Descriptive botany; Section I. Organography and glossology; 1. Elementary organs and tissues; 2. Nutritive organs; 3. Nutritive organs (continued); 4. Reproductive organs; 5. Reproductive organs (continued); 6. Morphology; Section II. Taxonomy and phytography; 7. Taxonomy and phytography; Part II. Physiological botany; 1. Vital properties and stimulants; 2. Function of nutrition - periods 1, 2, 3, 4; 3. Function of nutrition-continued-Periods 5, 6; 4. Function of nutrition - continued - Period 7; 5. Function of reproduction - periods 1, 2, 3; 6. Function of reproduction - continued - periods 4, 5; 7. Epirrheology, botanical geography, fossil botany.