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  • Another, a favorite pupil of Linnaeus's named Pehr Löfling, has his nose so deep in plants that his Spain journal is nearly unreadable, though it is redeemed now and then by accounts of bullfights.

    Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net Jennie Erin Smith 2012

  • We are accustomed to precise botanical drawings, the 18th-century mode of scientific illustration that followed in the wake of Carl Linnaeus's work on species classification.

    Magical, Layered, Transparent Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

  • Carl Linnaeus's farthest expedition was from Sweden to Lapland, in 1732, when he was 25 years old.

    Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net Jennie Erin Smith 2012

  • The translations run to nearly 6,000 pages—printed on paper from a mill near Linnaeus's birthplace and accompanied by reproductions of the apostles' maps, transcripts of folk music, and drawings of everything from Russian rabbit traps to Tahitian chiefs.

    Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net Jennie Erin Smith 2012

  • Subsequent travelogues by Linnaeus's protégés would prove finer still than Osbeck's.

    Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net Jennie Erin Smith 2012

  • Here is Linnaeus's description of the slug genus Limax from page 652 of volume 1.

    Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009

  • Nevertheless, Linnaeus's hierarchical classification and binomial nomenclature, much modified, have remained standard for over 200 years.

    At What Level did this Evolve? 2009

  • As well as his writing post (in which we learn what can happen while you lock yourself into a shed to write your PhD thesis), we can read about Linnaeus's 300th birthday, Henry's family move to Cromer, use of English in scientific writing, and standing next to scientist-celebrities at parties.

    Writing Maxine 2009

  • What helped me most was, of course, Linnaeus's "telegraphic" style.

    Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009

  • Courtesy of the IK Foundation Collecting trips in Sweden soon led Linnaeus's students to go abroad.

    Brotherhood of the Butterfly Net Jennie Erin Smith 2012

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