Flower Hunters
- ISBN-10
- 0192807188
- ISBN-13
- 9780192807182
- Category
- Botanists
- Pages
- 332
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin
Description
This fascinating account of eleven remarkable, eccentric, dedicated, and sometimes obsessive individuals that established the science of botany brings to life these extraordinary adventurers and draws out the scientific and cultural value of their work and its legacy.
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