BIOL 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Bombast Von Hohenheim, Binomial Nomenclature, Carl Linnaeus
8 Nov 2018
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What was he: botanist, physician and zoologist. Linnaeus was the first to use binomial nomenclature consistently. In doing so he separated the naming of organisms from the description of organisms, just as your own name refers to you without being a description of you. Example of an old name: canna foliis untrinque accuminatus nervosis linnaeus" new name for this species: canna indica: linnaeus formed a nested hierarchical classification system. Keys are used to identify specimens of known plants by a series of twofold decisions. (dichotomous key) Biology and the emerging physical sciences - chemistry. His real name: philippus aureolus theophrastus bombastus von hohenheim: paracelsus = better than celsus. Life and personality: patients liked him. He studied at various universities, but he rejected academia and travelled. He said, a doctor must seek out old wives, gypsies, sorcerers, wandering tribes, old robbers and such outlaws and take lessons from them.
