History 30B, Spring 2000

Science and Society since the Scientific Revolution

Daily outline, Class 8 (2/10/00)

 

Topics 

Natural history as a classificatory enterprise

Prehistory
The Linnean system

Infrastructure

Networks
Institutions
Support

The classifying mentality

Names and terms 

Pliny (the Elder)
Carolus Linnaeus / Carl von Linné (1707-1778)
kingdom, class, order, genus, species, variety
binomial nomenclature
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788)
Jardin du Roi (Royal Garden)
Jardin des Plantes (Garden of Plants)
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (National museum of natural history)
nosology

 
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