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Volume 35, Number 3, pages 389-392 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2024_3_389
CLAS BJERKANDER’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLANTS AND ICE CRYSTALS SYMMETRY
Marina Voinova
Lake Vanern Archipelago and Mount Kinnekulle UNESCO Bioshere Reserve, 542 86 Mariestad, Sweden.
Email: m.voinova@gmail.com
Abstract: This paper represents a short overview on symmetry works of an 18th century Swedish natural scientist and priest, Clas Bjerkander. This is also a historical tribute to the Bjerkander who was a student of Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné), and later, became an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, from 1778.
Keywords: symmetry in physics; symmetry in biosciences; history of science.
References:
Bjerkander, C. (1773) Notes on plants transpiration and different dew points on their leaves, (In Swedish: Anmärkningar vid örternas utdunstning och dess olika sittande på deras blad), Kungliga Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (KVAH), 34, 71-76. https://hosting.softagent.se/kvah/searchResult.html
Bjerkander, C. (1775) Drawings and short observations of rime frost forms. (In Swedish: Ritningar och kårta observationer öfver Rimfrost-figurer.) Kungliga Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (KVAH). https://hosting.softagent.se/kvah/searchResult.html
Ekman, K. (2015) Clas Bjerkander, Linnaeus student, priest and natural scientist (in Swedish: Då var allt levande och lustigt. Om Clas Bjerkander, Linnélärjunge, präst och naturforskare i Västergötland) Bonniers.
Frängsmyr, T., Heilbron, J.L., Rider, J.R. (Eds.) (1990) The quantifying spirit in the 18th century. University of California press. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520321595
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Voinova, M., Lönn, B. (2024) Comparative studies of the mountain Kinnekulle vegetation. Academia Biology 2024; 2. https://doi.org/10.20935/AcadBiol6165
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