Carl Linnaeus: Father of Classification (Great Minds of Science)

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Summary: Swedish Botantist
Review: I enjoyed reading about this Swedish botantist who worked out a system for classifying plants. I didn't realize that Linnaeus was also the one who came up with cultured pearls after watching pearl fishermen open several thousand mussels to find one pearl.

Linnaeus organized huge nature walks on Saturdays with as many as 150 people. He was a very popular lecturer at the university. Those who keep travel journals or nature diaries will find its black coat and white waistcoat, its wrinkled forehead and hooked nose and the effect it gives of wearing spectacles, it looks extremely comical when it walks..."

The last chapter provides activities for the budding botantist (no pun intended) like making a flower press and collecting seeds.