The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants by Anna Pavord
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ISBN: 9781596910713
Bloomsbury USA, November 2005
480 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating new book from the author of the worldwide bestseller The Tulip.
The Naming of Names traces the search for order in the natural world, a search that for hundreds of years occupied some of the most brilliant minds in Europe.
Redefining man's relationship with nature was a major pursuit during the Renaissance. But in a world full of poisons, there was also an urgent practical need to name and recognize different plants, because most medicines were made from plant extracts.