Ordering the myriad things from traditional knowledge to scientific botany in China ; foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan

How the southern mountain tea flower became Camellia reticulata -- The historical context of an epistemic transition -- Nature, the myriad things, and their investigation -- A new language to name and describe plants -- Observing nature, practicing science -- The inventory of nature -- Botanical ill...

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1. Verfasser: Menzies, Nicholas K. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Sivaramakrishnan, K. (VerfasserIn eines Vorworts)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Seattle University of Washington Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:Culture, place, and nature studies in anthropology and environment
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Zusammenfassung:How the southern mountain tea flower became Camellia reticulata -- The historical context of an epistemic transition -- Nature, the myriad things, and their investigation -- A new language to name and describe plants -- Observing nature, practicing science -- The inventory of nature -- Botanical illustration -- Spaces for communicating and informing -- Museums, exhibitions, and botanical gardens -- The dawn redwood, metasequoia glyptostroboides
Beschreibung:Glossary englisch-chinesisch Seite 183-196
Beschreibung:XX, 288 Seiten
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ISBN:9780295749464
978-0-295-74946-4