Carl Linnaeus's Note-Taking Innovations

"I do not recommend drawings . . . in fact, I absolutely reject them"

Even if you know nothing about the Swedish doctor, professor, and naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), you probably know about his greatest innovation: binomial nomenclature. Prior to Linnaeus, naturalists had no systematic way to name a plant or animal. Linnaeus came up with the idea of naming according to genus and species; hence, humans are known as…