Ancient Botany
Title | Ancient Botany PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Hardy |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 310 |
Release | 2015-10-05 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1134386788 |
Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Nicolaus of Damascus' On Plants, and Galen' On Simple Remedies, but also includes lesser known texts ranging from the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, as well as some material evidence. The authors adopt a thematic approach rather than a chronological one, considering important issues such as the definition of a plant, nomenclature, classifications, physiology, the link between plants and their environment, and the numerous usages of plants in the ancient world. The book also takes care to place ancient botany in its historical, social and economic context. The authors have explained all technical botanical terms and ancient history notions, and as a result, this work will appeal to historians of ancient science, medicine and technology; classicists; and botanists interested in the history of their discipline.
Ancient Botany
Title | Ancient Botany PDF eBook |
Author | Gavin Hardy |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 257 |
Release | 2015-10-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134386796 |
Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Nicolaus of Damascus' On Plants, and Galen' On Simple Remedies, but also includes lesser known texts ranging from the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, as well as some material evidence. The authors adopt a thematic approach rather than a chronological one, considering important issues such as the definition of a plant, nomenclature, classifications, physiology, the link between plants and their environment, and the numerous usages of plants in the ancient world. The book also takes care to place ancient botany in its historical, social and economic context. The authors have explained all technical botanical terms and ancient history notions, and as a result, this work will appeal to historians of ancient science, medicine and technology; classicists; and botanists interested in the history of their discipline.
Ancient Plants and People
Title | Ancient Plants and People PDF eBook |
Author | Marco Madella |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | 329 |
Release | 2014-12-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0816527105 |
Ancient Plants and People is a timely discussion of the global perspectives on archaeobotany and the rich harvest of knowledge it yields. Contributors examine the importance of plants to human culture over time and geographic regions and what it teaches of humans, their culture, and their landscapes.
People and Plants in Ancient Eastern North America
Title | People and Plants in Ancient Eastern North America PDF eBook |
Author | Paul E. Minnis |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | 444 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780816502240 |
History of Botanical Science
Title | History of Botanical Science PDF eBook |
Author | Alan G. Morton |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 474 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN |
Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History
Title | Fifty Plants That Changed the Course of History PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Laws |
Publisher | Firefly Books |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2015-08-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781770855885 |
The fascinating stories of the plants that changed civilizations.
Ancient Botany: Organising the vegetable kingdom
Title | Ancient Botany: Organising the vegetable kingdom PDF eBook |
Author | F. G. Hardy |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 238 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Botany |
ISBN | 9781134386741 |