"English-language literature on the history of science is still stubbornly Euro-centric, and international scholarly discourse has engaged insufficiently with Chinese resources that document sophisticated premodern knowledge of the natural world. The case of botany is especially…
How the southern mountain tea flower became Camellia reticulata -- The historical context of an epistemic transition -- Nature, the myriad things, and their investigation -- A new language to name and describe plants -- Observing nature, practicing science -- The inventory of na…
"English-language literature on the history of science is still stubbornly Euro-centric, and international scholarly discourse has engaged insufficiently with Chinese resources that document sophisticated premodern knowledge of the natural world. The case of botany is especially…
