The Swiss botanist Johann Bauhin (Jean Bauhin) described about 5,000 plants in his Universal History of Plants, published posthumously in 1650. To his brother, Gaspard Bauhin, botany owes the creation of binomial nomenclature—that is, the naming of each plant with two words, the first of ...
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WithThe Reef, Iain McCalman (Darwin’s Armada) has composed “a passionate history” of the Great Barrier Reef, opening with his own long-awaited voyage (part of a reenactment of Captain Cook’s original trip). Following the prologue, he withdraws to the role of historian rather than part...
a 19th-century building that adds a touch of history and grandeur to the village. The castle is now privately owned but its impressive architecture and beautiful gardens can still be admired from outside. For those seeking a bit of adventure, the nearby Viking Bay in Broadstairs offers a rang...
Sesamum indicum is a domesticated plant with a 5000 plus year history of cultivation. It shares a genus with about 20 other species – most of which occur in sub-Saharan Africa – and belongs to the family Pedaliaceae – the sesame family. Sesame was first domesticated in India and is now...
7、Of natural history, we had to answer questions on hygiene,botanyand zoology. ─── 博物要答着卫生,植物学及动物学的考题。 8、These were some of the questions Charles Darwin asked himself over years of research inbotany, zoology and geology. ─── 多年来,查尔斯.达尔文在研究植物学、动物...
Of cultivated plants, palms, as we know from history, grow here well, though their cultivation has been neglected; sterile wild palms still occur in some of the warmer valleys, especially to the East of the Dead Sea. Many dead palm-tree trunks lie scattered along the shores of the Dead ...
Humans have a long history of occasionally using the “beans” of Gymnocladus dioicus to make this tisane, which explains common names like coffeetree, American coffee berry, and coffeenut. The process is a bit time consuming, and the end result is mixed, but foraging adventures like this ...
Researchers working in Australia have a long history of studying the silica properties of plants, however, research made a convoluted journey to recognise these as phytoliths and realise their potential for archaeology and palaeoecology. Knowledge of plant-derived silica arrived in the early 20th centu...