The
Sainsbury Laboratory: science, architecture, art / Stephen Day, John Parker,
Steve Rose
Black Dog,
London : 2011
191 p. :
il. + 1 DVD
ISBN 9781907317453
Materias:
Biblioteca Sbc Aprendizaje A-727.5 SAI
The new
Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridges Botanic Garden, opening in late 2011, will
be the leading international centre for the study of plant science, and enabled
by the bequest of the Sainsbury family. The book is divided into three
sections; science, architecture and art. The science refers to the scientific
practice of the laboratory, the architecture to the cutting-edge building and
the art to the profiled artists who are involved in the project. The Sainsbury
Laboratory provides a brief history of plant science, with Darwinist theory
setting the context for the centre and todays research. The Botanic Garden
first opened in Cambridge in 1762. It was shortly after this that Professor
John Stevens Henslow first undertook his studies into plants, and planted trees
to use as teaching aids; amongst his students was Charles Darwin. Henslows
teachings in Cambridge are thought to be the inspiration by which Darwin set
out his own thinking. Both Henslows and Darwins plant specimens are housed in
the Herbarium at the laboratory, which holds a collection of over one million
plant specimens from all over the world
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