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A new biography of Carl Linnaeus, offering a vivid portrait of Linnaeus’s life and work Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778), known as the father of modern biological taxonomy, formalized and popularized the system of binomial nomenclature used to classify plants and animals. Linnaeus himself classified thousands of species; the simple and immediately recognizable abbreviation “L” is used to mark classifications originally made by Linnaeus. This biography, by the leading authority on Linnaeus, offers a vivid portrait of Linnaeus’s life and work. Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished sources—including diaries and personal correspondence—as well as new research, it presents reve...
Denna bok utgör en del av min planerade bokutgivning om mina skogsfinska anor. Här beskrivs nybyggare i Hedmark fylke och deras ättlingar, såsom Räisäinen, Raatikainen, Vappuinen, Mullikka, Purainen, Liitiäinen och Tossavainen.