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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