In 1954 Professor John Heslop Harrison published his discovery of several plants on the island of Rum that were found nowhere else in Britain – they had, he claimed, survived the Ice Age. John Raven, a gifted amateur botanist, went to investigate and revealed Harrison’s claim as untrue, but academic botanists closed ranks and Raven’s report was never published. Karl Sabbagh tells the story of the two men and this strange episode of botanical fraud.
https://www.psbooks.co.uk/rum-affair509654A Rum Affairhttps://www.psbooks.co.uk/media/catalog/product/5/0/509654_db30dfe5383844552cd7aad142b38543.jpg4.994.99GBPInStock/History/Categories/Social History/Non-Fiction/Categories/Maths & Science/Non-Fiction/Categories/Social Sciences/Non-Fiction/HighlightsIn 1954 Professor John Heslop Harrison published his discovery of several plants on the island of Rum that were found nowhere else in Britain – they had, he claimed, survived the Ice Age. John Raven, a gifted amateur botanist, went to investigate and revealed Harrison’s claim as untrue, but academic botanists closed ranks and Raven’s report was never published. Karl Sabbagh tells the story of the two men and this strange episode of botanical fraud.Paperback00add-to-cartrrp_info:£9.99productId:46864bic_code:JFH, PDX, PSTJFH, PDX, PST£9.99Karl SabbaghGeneral197x128mmBirlinnPaperbackBotanyHistory of SciencePopular Beliefs
