Science: Order From Chaos -- Linnaeus Disposes

"Carolus Linnaeus (also Carl von Linne, 1707-1778) was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist whose work laid the foundations of modern biological systematics and nomenclature....Drawing on the work of his predecessors and contemporaries, Linnaeus developed a coherent system for describing, classifying and naming organisms. Linnaeus' students traveled the globe to explore and collect information and specimens. Aspects of the Linnaean system have enabled amateurs and professionals worldwide to identify, name and describe plants for more than two centuries." -- from the website. <http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/>