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SUMMARY:Remarks on Joachim Jungius's work method in botany: Ficus indica i
 n his letters\, notes\, garden and Isagoge Phytoscopica - Niklaas Görsch 
 (University of Lübeck)
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CONTACT:Olin Moctezuma
DESCRIPTION:The polymath Joachim Jungius (1587–1657)\, professor and tem
 porary director of both academic schools in Hamburg\, was one of the first
  scholars to use dichotomous diagrams to carry out a systematic analysis o
 f the morphology of plants. The plant named _Ficus indica_ is at the centr
 e of this investigation because a significant impact of Jungius's network 
 on his botanical work can be illustrated by this example. _Ficus indica_ i
 s mentioned several times in Jungius's legacy which contains various kinds
  of handwritten sources testifying his ways of recording information syste
 matically and preparing them for his lessons. With the sample of _Ficus in
 dica_ intersections of different spheres of Jungius's work method can be e
 xplained. These spheres describe\, for instance his botanical network whic
 h included individuals from diverse areas of society\, among them friends\
 , colleagues\, students\, politicians\, citizens and trade gardeners. Spec
 ific academical and commercial interests were related to these groups. Con
 ditions of transport and interest in seeds\, leaves and specimens of _Ficu
 s indica_ become retraceable by means of seed lists and different sorts of
  catalogues as well as invoices. The worlds of trade and education in a se
 nse are bound together which becomes evident by this example. What can be 
 said about 17th-century naturalists' work processes in general and regardi
 ng their relationships with society?
LOCATION:Zoom and Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of
  Science
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