Studying Wisconsin : the life of Increase Lapham, early chronicler of plants, rocks, rivers, mounds and all things Wisconsin /

"With masterful storytelling, Bergland and Hayes demonstrate how Lapham blended his ravenous curiosity with an equable temperament and a passion for detail to create a legacy that is still relevant today.-John Gurda In this long overdue tribute to Wisconsin's first scientist, authors Marth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bergland, Martha, 1945-
Otros Autores: Hayes, Paul G.
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2014.
Temas:
Lapham, Increase Allen, > 1811-1875.
Natural history > Wisconsin.
Botanists > Wisconsin > Biography.
Naturalists > Wisconsin > Biography.
Sciences naturelles > Wisconsin.
Botanistes > Wisconsin > Biographies.
Naturalistes > Wisconsin > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
SCIENCE > History.
NATURE > Plants > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Botany.
Botanists.
Natural history.
Naturalists.
Wisconsin.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; 1. A Habit of Observation; 2. The Difficulty of Youth; 3. "A Journal of Science & Arts with Miscellaneous Nonsense"; 4. Natural History and the Lapham Brothers; 5. First Year on His Own; 6. Until a Better Opportunity Presents; 7. A Man's Estate; 8. Acquainted with Everybody but Intimate with None; 9. In the Capitol; 10. Leaving Ohio; 11. Begin We Then at Milwaukee; 12. The Milwaukee and Rock River Canal; 13. The Botanist; 14. The Uses of Writing and Publishing; 15. Civic Life in the New State; 16. The Antiquities of Wisconsin; 17. Disappointments and False Starts.
  • 18. A Quaker in Wartime19. Prophetic Thinking and Forecasts; 20. A Complete Survey; 21. So Calm and Peaceful; Notes; Note on Sources; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.

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