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Q & A answers your questions about Linnaeus
What did Linnaeus eat on his journeys? Did he discover anything new in Gothenburg? How do you take inventory of a plant? The Q&A on the Web page Linnaeus Online can answer just about any question.The man behind the service is Gunnar Tibell, professor emeritus of high energy physics, who has answered questions from adults and children about Linnaeus ever since the project started in 1998.
“The number of questions has increased dramatically, probably because of the Tercentenary. It used to be mostly children asking the questions, but nowadays a surprising number of grown-ups are writing,” he says.
A total of between fifteen and twenty questions arrive each week. Over the years, Gunnar Tibell has managed to assemble a respectable amount of literature about Linnaeus and can answer a great many of the questions himself. He also has a network of five to ten people who can assist him as needed. There are many favorite questions, like the one on Linnaeus’ bananas.
“Linnaeus was the first person in Europe to succeed in cultivating bananas, and he speculated that the fruit Eve gave Adam in Paradise was a banana, not an apple. That’s why he named his banana Musa paradisiaca.”
”Before submitting your question, it could be worth your while to look through Linnaeus Online to make sure the question hasn’t already been answered,” suggests Gunnar Tibell.
“Concrete questions are fun, such as when people ask whether Linnaeus visited a certain place and what he did there.”
You can find the Q&A (in Swedish) at: http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/fraga
Last Updated Monday, 12 March 2007
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