Carl Linnaeus’ parents wanted their son to enter the priesthood, a noble profession in the 18th Century. Linnaeus, like many children, rebuffed his parent’s desires and followed his own interests. In ...

Deus creavit, Linnaeus disposuit. Translation: God created, Linnaeus organized. This was Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus’s mantra. Considered the father of modern taxonomy, Linnaeus created a system ...

The major historical trends of biodiversity studies / Edward O. Wilson -- Linnaeus : a passion for order / David Quammen -- Daniel Rolander : the invisible naturalist / James Dobreff -- Taxonomy and ...

Linnaeus's Systema Naturae charts life. Swedish botanist Carl von Linne, writing under the Latin name Linnaeus, attempts to classify all life on Earth. He publishes the first edition of Systema ...

THE first volume of the tenth edition of Linnæus “Systema Naturae”, published in 1758, is now universally accepted by zoologists as the starting point for the application of the rule of priority in ...

Carl Linnaeus developed the Latin two-word system for organising the natural world that is still in use today, writes ENDA O'DOHERTY The botanist Carolus Linnaeus was born Carl Nilsson Linnaeus in ...

Male voice: Today's podcast is brought to you by audible.com, the leading provider in spoken word entertainment. Log onto audiblepodcast.com/science to get a free ...