Constantine Samuel Rafinesque: A Voice in the American Wilderness

by Leonard Warren

" Constantine Samuel Rafinesque was a quintessential nineteenth-century American scientist and naturalist. Exalted by some, cursed by others, Rafinesque gave Latin names to over 6,700 plant species, was acknowledged by Darwin for his early insights into biological variation, and is frequently mentioned in the great natural history archives. Yet he has been almost forgotten in our own day. During his long career, which included some five years as an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081312316X
• ISBN13: 9780813123165
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher