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Beloved Botanist: The Story of Carl Linnaeus
Beloved botanist;: The story of Carl Linnaeus, [Jan 01, 1961] Stoutenburg, Adrien …
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August 28, 2024
I loved this. Kept talking about Carl and his adventures with my kids.
May 4, 2022
Such an interesting life to read about! I had a harder time reading this book online a couple years ago, but having it finally physically in hand made it easy to get engaged into the story. So much so that I reread the few chapters I’d read online a couple years ago, and finished the book in one day, about 4 hours in all. It was incredible to read the very wide scope of scientific branches that Carl studied and wrote on, and how much of it was linked to medicinal uses. His consistent faith in God, appreciation of creation and God as Creator, and simple trust in His provision in all things was inspiring. An excellent life to learn about!
Content considerations : The practice of blood letting is described as a method to cure Carl’s fever at one point. The description was simple but detailed enough to make me squirm, so might be hard for sensitive readers. There are several deaths mentioned very briefly, including those of Carl’s own infant children. Two deaths in particular of people very dear to Carl are described—there’s nothing gory but one is from an assumed drowning, which readers may find sad or disturbing. For anyone wishing to avoid romantic content: a long (quite chastely described) engagement to Carl’s future wife is described throughout the later part of the book. On a somewhat but not really related note, the premise of Carl’s first and most important work that opened the door to his scientific pursuits was the observation that plants have sexual parts by which they reproduce. It’s noted later in the book that his findings were subject to criticism and controversy, and thought too improper to teach young students.
Content considerations : The practice of blood letting is described as a method to cure Carl’s fever at one point. The description was simple but detailed enough to make me squirm, so might be hard for sensitive readers. There are several deaths mentioned very briefly, including those of Carl’s own infant children. Two deaths in particular of people very dear to Carl are described—there’s nothing gory but one is from an assumed drowning, which readers may find sad or disturbing. For anyone wishing to avoid romantic content: a long (quite chastely described) engagement to Carl’s future wife is described throughout the later part of the book. On a somewhat but not really related note, the premise of Carl’s first and most important work that opened the door to his scientific pursuits was the observation that plants have sexual parts by which they reproduce. It’s noted later in the book that his findings were subject to criticism and controversy, and thought too improper to teach young students.
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