The books that I chose are related in many ways. For this assignment I had to pick a book based on something that I have interest in. Out of my many interests I would have to say science is my favorite. One of the books that I chose is called Imperial Nature by Jim Endersby. This book talks about Joseph Dalton Hooker who is one of the most successful Botanists as well as him being also a close friend to Charles Darwin. A Botanist is someone who studies plants as well as the environment, for example on page it talks about how it is easier to classify living plants rather than dried ones as it helped resolve difficulties they ran across when using European books with their research.
In this book it gives you an insight on what science was like in the Nineteenth century. The second book I found from the previous book is called Science as Practice and Culture Published by University of Chicago press as well as edited by Andrew Pickering. These sources discuss how the world of science has developed over the course of time and many of these things have changed the way we do research and more. Over time things change and people compare research now to research back then based on the changes and how they came upon those certain discoveries.
The two articles that I picked as well talk about the same things but from others perspectives. As well as what they learned including the challenges that they came across when doing their research.