Kingdom of Ants: José Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World
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One of the earliest New World naturalists, Jos Celestino Mutis began his professional life as a physician in Spain and ended it as a scientist and natural philosopher in modern-day Colombia. Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in eighteenth-century South America retrieves Mutis's contributions from obscurity. In 1760, the 28-year-old Mutis--newly appointed as the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801897858
ISBN13:9780801897856
Release Date:November 2010
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:120 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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