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History of science: Revelations of a wild continent

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Linda Lear praises a study of one of the first naturalists to document North America's flora and fauna.

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  1. Linda Lear is a historian of the American environment, an authority on Rachel Carson and author of Beatrix Potter: The Extraordinary Life of a Victorian Genius.,

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Lear, L. History of science: Revelations of a wild continent. Nature 520, 30–31 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/520030a

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