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May 19, 2024 · Carolus Linnaeus (born May 23, 1707, Råshult, Småland, Sweden—died January 10, 1778, Uppsala) was a Swedish naturalist and explorer who was the first to frame principles for defining natural genera and species of organisms and to create a uniform system for naming them ( binomial nomenclature ).
- Nomenclature
nomenclature, in biological classification, system of naming...
- Other Contributions
Carolus Linnaeus - Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Botany: Beyond...
- Classification by “Natural Characters
Genera Plantarum was considered by Linnaeus to be his...
- Herman Boerhaave
Herman Boerhaave (born December 31, 1668, Voorhout,...
- John Lindley
John Lindley (born February 5, 1799, Old Catton, Norfolk,...
- Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin (born Dec. 12, 1731, Elston Hall,...
- Nomenclature
May 23, 2024 · Nature. A timelapse composite panorama of different natural phenomena and environments around Mount Bromo, Indonesia. Nature is an inherent character or constitution, [1] particularly of the ecosphere or the universe as a whole. In this general sense nature refers to the laws, elements and phenomena of the physical world, including life.
May 21, 2024 · Pliny’s Natural History (henceforth NH) is one of the longest surviving works from classical antiquity, comprising 37 books.It is quite remarkable that such a long work has survived intact to the present day (and indeed in 130 manuscripts), as the younger Pliny’s reference to its 37 books confirms (Pliny Letters III.5.6) (Radice 1969).
1 day ago · Charles Darwin, the renowned British naturalist and father of evolutionary theory, revolutionized our understanding of life on Earth through his groundbreaking work "On the Origin of Species," forever changing how we view ourselves and all living organisms.
- Adrian J. Desmond
- Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is the foundation upon which modern evolutionary theory is built. The theory was outlined...
- Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution had three main components: that variation occurred randomly among members of a species; that an individual’s t...
- Growing up, Charles Darwin was always attracted to the sciences. In 1825 his father sent him to the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. Ther...
- Charles Darwin was born in England to a well-to-do family in 1809. His father was a doctor, and his mother—who died when he was only eight years ol...
- Charles Darwin’s theories hugely impacted scientific thought. But his ideas also affected the realms of politics, economics, and literature. More i...
2 days ago · Earth formed around 4.54 billion years ago, approximately one-third the age of the universe, by accretion from the solar nebula. [4] [5] [6] Volcanic outgassing probably created the primordial atmosphere and then the ocean, but the early atmosphere contained almost no oxygen.
1 day ago · Deism (/ ˈ d iː ɪ z əm / DEE-iz-əm or / ˈ d eɪ. ɪ z əm / DAY-iz-əm; derived from the Latin term deus, meaning "god") is the philosophical position and rationalistic theology that generally rejects revelation as a source of divine knowledge and asserts that empirical reason and observation of the natural world are exclusively logical, reliable, and sufficient to determine the ...
May 18, 2024 · Natural gas was unknown in Europe until its discovery in England in 1659, and even then it did not come into wide use. Instead, gas obtained from carbonized coal (known as town gas) became the primary fuel for illuminating streets and houses throughout much of Europe from 1790 on.
