The Moon Pool. by Merritt, A.

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The Moon Pool. by Merritt, A.

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Bruchstucke Forschungsreisen in Deutsch-Südwestafrika. by Schinz, Hans

Subjects: “…Botanists Switzerland Biography.…”
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Introduction to Austrian botanist, teacher, and Augustinian monk Gregor Mendel's heredity studies /

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Jean Galbraith : writer in a valley by Fletcher, Meredith

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Preliminaries; Title Page; Imprint Page; To Jean Galbraith; Map of Jean Galbraith's Valley; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Settling in the Valley; Chapter 2: Childhood; Chapter 3: Becoming a Botanist; Chapter 4: Making the Garden; Chapter 5: Correa; Chapter 6: Grandfather; Chapter 7: Writing the Garden; Chapter 8: From Three to One in the Garden; Images; Chapter 9: 'Wildflowers of Victoria'; Chapter 10: Freelancing; Chapter 11: Changes; Chapter 12: A Commission from Collins; Chapter 13: Fame; Chapter 14: Old Age; Notes; Introduction…”
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Ahead of his time : Wilhelm Pfeffer, early advances in plant biology by Bünning, Erwin, 1906-1990

Table of Contents: “…Pharmacy -- Chemistry -- Botany -- Physiology -- Cell Biology -- Molecular Biology -- a) In the Pharmacy -- b) Botanist -- c) Physiology…”
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Plants and flowers of Maine : Kate Furbish's watercolors by Furbish, Kate, 1834-1931

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Tesoros y fantasmas de la ciencia española. La ilustración invisible : Mutis y La flora de Bogotá

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George Bentham : autobiography, 1800-1834 by Bentham, George, 1800-1884

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The multifarious Mr. Banks : from Botany Bay to Kew, the natural historian who shaped the world by Musgrave, Toby

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André Michaux in North America : journals and letters, 1785-1797 by Michaux, André, 1746-1802

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Plant Biology Research and Training for the 21st Century. by Staff, National Research Council

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Painted Herbarium : the Life and Art of Emily Hitchcock Terry (1838-1921). by Smith, Beatrice Scheer

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A Life in Shadow : Aim Bonpland in Southern South America, 18171858. by Bell, Stephen

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The paper road : archive and experience in the botanical exploration of West China and Tibet by Mueggler, Erik, 1962-

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The paper road : archive and experience in the botanical exploration of West China and Tibet by Mueggler, Erik, 1962-

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Marie-Victorin à Cuba : Correspondance avec le frère Léon. by Bouchard, André

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Botanical companions : a memoir of plants and place by Knobloch, Frieda

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Botany, sexuality and women's writing, 17601830;from modest shoot to forward plant.

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"Good observers of nature" : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 by Gianquitto, Tina

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"Good observers of nature" : American women and the scientific study of the natural world, 1820-1885 by Gianquitto, Tina

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Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin's American plants : botanical expedition to the Caribbean and the publication of the Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia by Madriñán, Santiago

Table of Contents: “…A Leiden botanist -- Botanical expedition to the Caribbean -- The Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia -- Conclusion: Ambassador of flora.…”
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Botanical Essays from Kent : Some Botanical Features of a University Town in Ohio. by Cooperrider, Tom S.

Table of Contents: “…Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Local Flora; On the Flora of Ohio; 2 The Floristic Botanists; The Study and Conservation of the Ohio Flora; 3 The Herbarium; Building a Regional Herbarium; 4 A Colleague; The Work of a Twentieth-Century Kent Botanist; 5 The Campus Plants and Gardens; The Herrick Magnolia Gardens; 6 A Specimen Tree; American Holly, George Washington, and 'Beautiful Ohio'; 7 The Bog; Kent Bog State Nature Preserve; 8 A Walk around the Bog; The Seasons at the Kent Bog State Nature Preserve; Afterword; Notes.…”
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What about Darwin? : all species of opinion from scientists, sages, friends, and enemies who met, read, and discussed the naturalist who changed the world by Glick, Thomas F.

Table of Contents: “…Barnum -- English naturalist / Henry Bates -- English geneticist / William Bateson -- English suffragist and botanist / Lydia Ernestine Becker.…”
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The Andean wonder drug : cinchona bark and imperial science in the Spanish Atlantic, 1630-1800 by Crawford, Matthew James

Table of Contents: “…Botanists as the Empire's New Experts in Madrid. 6. …”
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Darwin's Sciences by Porter, Duncan

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3: Darwin the Zoologist -- Shrewsbury -- Edinburgh -- Cambridge -- The Beagle voyage -- After the Beagle -- Chapter 4: Darwin the Botanist -- Shrewsbury -- Edinburgh -- Cambridge -- Botany on the Beagle -- After the Beagle -- CD as a botanist -- Chapter 5: Darwin the Social Scientist -- On and off the Beagle -- Ethics and religion -- The Descent of Man -- The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872, 1890) -- CD as genealogist -- Chapter 6: Coda: Darwin, Worms, and the World -- Bibliography -- Index -- End User License Agreement…”
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Colorado flora : eastern slope by Weber, William A. (William Alfred), 1918-

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Background of Floristic Work in Colorado -- Books to Inspire -- A Vade Mecum of the Field Botanist -- Key to the Families -- Ferns and Fern Allies -- Gymnosperms -- Angiosperms -- Figures -- References -- Index -- Illustrated Plant Structures…”
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Forensics, fossils and fruitbats : a field guide to Australian scientists by Luntz, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…COVER; Acknowledgements; Archaeologists and palaeontologists; Astronomers and space scientists; Botanists and agricultural scientists; Chemists; Computer scientists; Earth scientists; Engineers; Geneticists; Marine biologists; Mathematicians; Medical scientists; Neuroscientists; Physicists; Science communicators; Zoologists.…”
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Colorado flora : eastern slope by Weber, William A. (William Alfred), 1918-

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Background of Floristic Work in Colorado -- Books to Inspire -- A Vade Mecum of the Field Botanist -- Key to the Families -- Ferns and Fern Allies -- Gymnosperms -- Angiosperms -- Figures -- References -- Index -- Illustrated Plant Structures…”
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Colorado flora. Western slope by Weber, William A. (William Alfred), 1918-

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Background of Floristic Work in Colorado -- Books to Inspire -- A Vade Mecum for the Field Botanist -- Key to the Families -- Ferns and Fern Allies -- Gymnosperms -- Angiosperms -- Figures -- References -- Index -- Glossary -- Illustrated Plant Structures…”
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Colorado flora. Western slope by Weber, William A. (William Alfred), 1918-

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Background of Floristic Work in Colorado -- Books to Inspire -- A Vade Mecum for the Field Botanist -- Key to the Families -- Ferns and Fern Allies -- Gymnosperms -- Angiosperms -- Figures -- References -- Index -- Glossary -- Illustrated Plant Structures…”
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Daring to be different : Missouri's remarkable Owen sisters by Mueller, Doris Land, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…Joseph : the place and its people -- The early years -- Mary Alicia leads the way -- Luella : geologist, explorer, painter, family historian -- "Miss Juliette" : ornithologist, botanist, and artist -- The twilight years -- The legacy of the Owen sisters -- Epilogue.…”
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Tendering : new poems by Wedde, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; 1; The Relocation of Railway Hut 49; The Marathon Swimmers -- Short Circuit (tuki waka); 2: The Fall in America -- letters from paradise; 3; Imperial Botanists; Privateer; Cruise; Barbary Coast; Mutiny on the Bounty; The Good News; Hawsers Hauled Taut.…”
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Modernity and Its Other : the Encounter with North American Indians in the Eighteenth Century. by Sayre, Robert Woods

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; contents; illustrations; preface; acknowledgments; Introduction; CrÃv̈ecoeur; Philip Freneau; Moreau de Saint- Méry; The Zero Degree of the Other; Accounts of Travel in New France; Anglo- American Travelers; Travels of William Bartram, Quaker Botanist; Fur Traders; Epilogue; Conclusion; appendix; notes; bibliography; index.…”
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Alone in Mexico : the astonishing travels of Karl Heller, 1845-1848 by Heller, Karl B. (Karl Bartholomäus), 1824-1880

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Ladies in the laboratory IV : Imperial Russia's women in science, 1800-1900 : a survey of their contributions to research by Creese, Mary R. S., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Russia's early medical women -- Opening laboratory doors: chemists and biochemists -- Life sciences: botanists, zoologists, and entomologists -- Mathematicians and astronomers -- Earth sciences: geologists and palaeontologists -- Other explorers in prehistory: archaeologists and anthropologists -- Contributors from Imperial Russia's western lands: Polish women -- Appendix: Supplemental biographies and further notes -- Bibliography of papers by women of Imperial Russia in scientific periodicals 1800-1900.…”
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Exploring the edges of Texas by Davis, Walt, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Prairie pathfinder -- Island in the desert -- Walking to El Paso -- Letters from the ghost mountains -- Wild and scenic river -- Border botanist -- The great feather fight -- Bird lady of the Texas coast -- Ivory bills on Buffalo Bayou -- Searching for longleaf pine -- Exploring Bear River -- Red River trading post -- A singular object from Texas -- Death in the red beds -- Panhandle petrified zoo -- From buried city to chill hill -- Epilogue.…”
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Ladies in the laboratory II : West European women in science, 1800-1900 : a survey of their contributions to research by Creese, Mary R. S., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Scandinavia : Baltic diatoms, snow-line plants, insects of the oatfields -- Ireland : mosses, mollusks, and migrating boulders -- France : of physics, farms, and physicians -- Belgium and the Netherlands : from Ardennes mosses to East Indies algae -- Germany : Bavarian lakes, Brazilian forests, a kitchen in Braunschweig -- Austria-Hungary : mainly medicine -- Switzerland : physicians, botanists, and a chemist -- Italy : shells of Calabria, mosses of the hills of Rome, fishes of the alpine lakes -- International comparisons and conclusions -- Appendix. …”
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Linnaeus' Philosophia Botanica. by Freer, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Potencies; Appendix I: The Linnaean classes and orders; Appendix II: The natural orders; Appendix III: Abbreviations of names of botanists and other authorities; Appendix IV: Selective list of Linnaeus' works up to 1753; Appendix V: Selective list of other botanical works; Appendix VI: Principal sources used for this edition; Indexes.…”
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A Brief History of Cocaine. by Karch, Steven B.

Table of Contents: “…"Joyfulle News"; 3. Botanists, Naturalists, and Pedestrians; 4. Celebrity Endorsements; 5. …”
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