The race to identify all living creatures
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Contrasting Minds of Natural History
This chapter explores the lives and philosophies of 18th-century figures Carl Linnaeus and Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, focusing on their contrasting approaches to the classification of nature. It highlights how their differing views on categorization and flexibility shaped scientific thought and laid the groundwork for future biological debates.
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