{"product_id":"9780792368861","title":"Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France: The Spirit of the Enlightenment","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBotanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France: The Spirit of the Enlightenment\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWilliams, R.L.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book describes the innovations that enabled botany, in the  Eighteenth century, to emerge as an independent science, independent  from medicine and herbalism. This encompassed the development of a  reliable system for plant classification and the invention of a  nomenclature that could be universally applied and understood. The key  that enabled Linnaeus to devise his classification system was the  discovery of the sexuality of plants. The book, which is intended for  the educated general reader, proceeds to illustrate how many aspects  of French life were permeated by this revolution in botany between  about 1760 to 1815, a botanophilia sometimes inflated into  botanomania. The reader should emerge with a clearer understanding of  what the Enlightenment actually was in contrast to some popular  second-hand ideas today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2001-10-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792368861\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-9849-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 234.0cm x156.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 197.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378882011276,"sku":"9780792368861","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792368861_b5ebfa69-b9c4-4baa-9cb1-b0030fd630fc.jpg?v=1765470582","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792368861","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}