1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782486403321

Autore

Linné Carl von <1707-1778.>

Titolo

Linnaeus' Philosophia botanica [[electronic resource] /] / translated by Stephen Freer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-383-01999-1

9786612365720

1-280-91421-1

1-282-36572-X

9786610914210

0-19-154486-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxv, 402 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

FreerStephen

Disciplina

580.12

Soggetti

Plants

Botany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in Stockholm and Amsterdam in 1751.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-364) and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations of modern biological systematics and nomenclature. Inspired by the work of his predecessors and contemporaries, Linnaeus was the first scientist to develop a coherent system for describing, classifying and naming organisms. The method he developed, known as binominal nomenclature, is the classification system still used in botany and zoology today.; Philosophia Botanica was first published in 1751. Its publication followed that of several earlier works written by Linnaeus such as his Systema Naturae (1735) and Fundamenta Botanica (1736). Philosophia Botanica is an expanded version of Fundamenta Botanica with added commentary, and represents a critical stage in the evolution of Linnaeus' ideas and the development of his binominal nomenclature applied to plants.; In this new translation of Philosophia Botanica, example pages from Linnaeus' original Latin text are presented alongside Stephen Freer's English translation of the complete text. The book contains images of all eleven



of the original plates, which illustrate the shapes of leaves and other plant structures and forms. Also included are Linnaeus' explanations of the effects of soil and climatic conditions on plant growth, plus six short memoranda that describe Linnaeus' botanical excursions, his ideas for garden lay-out and herbarium construction, and his thoughts on what was required of a botanist and his pupils. The Introduction, dedicated to the memory of Professor William Stearn is by Professor Paul Alan Cox of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens, Hawaii.; This beautifully presented translation of Philosophia Botanica, is a valuable resource to botanists, taxonomists, r storians and all interested individuals, who will gain greater access to, and new insights into, the work of Carl

Linnaeus, the father of modern systematics.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826657303321

Autore

Ramin Brodie <1982->

Titolo

The age of fentanyl : ending the opioid epidemic / / Brodie Ramin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, Ontario : , : Dundurn, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-4597-4671-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 pages)

Disciplina

362.293

Soggetti

Opioid abuse

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Is there a way to end North America's opioid epidemic? North America is facing a crisis. The first warning signs appeared in media reports of OxyContin abuse and over-prescription in the 1990s. Today, there is an opioid epidemic -- fentanyl is the leading cause of overdose death in North America. From his perspective as an addiction physician working on the front lines of the epidemic, Dr. Brodie Ramin discusses the disease and the cure. Looking beyond the obstacles, The Age of



Fentanyl brings the hopeful message that just as patients and health care workers rallied together to fight the HIV epidemic one generation ago, a coalition of patients, advocates, scientists, doctors, and nurses are finding solutions and making plans to stem the overdose deaths, block the spread of fentanyl, and end the epidemic."--