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J Biosci
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2008 Jun; 33(2): 163-9
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-110846
RESUMO
The nineteenth-century British botanist, Joseph Dalton Hooker,was one of the people whose career became a model for that of the modern,professional scientist.However,he preferred to refer to himself as a philosophical botanist, rather than a professional. This paper explores the reasons for this choice,and analyses Hooker's imperial approach to plant classification, the consequences of which are still with us.