Erasmus Darwin Sex, Science, and Serendipity
- Oxford Oxford University Press 2012
- 322p
includes index and biblioraphy
The loves of the Triangles Poetry, geometry, and satire ........13 Erasmus darwin ...16 The loves of the Triangles...................30 A triangle of Poets ............43 The loves of the Plants Botany, women , and Morality .......67 The loves of the Plants ......75 Seraglios ........110 The Economy of Vegetation Knowledge, Power, and Society ..........127 The lunar Society ......135 The economy of Vegetation .........148 The Triangular Slae Trade .........164 The Temple of Nature Progress, Race, and Evolution ............187 Defining people ............195 The temple of Nature........216 Origins ......228