Nicolas Théodore de Saussure was a Swiss botanist and a pioneer in the field of phytochemistry, the study of plant chemistry. Nicolas, born in 1767, was the son of Horace Benedict de Saussure, a Swiss geologist and meteorologist best known for...

Swiss Botanist 1767-1845 Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure was one of the early founders of plant physiology. He introduced new and rigorous experimental methods to the study of plants, and his work helped to improve the science of botany. De Saussure...

1767-1845 Swiss chemist and plant physiologist whose work provided the basis for phytochemistry. After studying the formation of carbonic acid in plant tissues, he proved Steven Hales's theory that plants increase in weight after absorbing water...

Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure (14 October 1767 - 18 April 1845) was a Swiss chemist and student of plant physiology who made seminal advances in phytochemistry. The eldest son of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, he was born in Geneva. He lived quietly and...

Saussure and his Interpreters. By Roy HARRIS. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2001. vi+224 pp. 44[pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-7486-1308-0. In a very readable study, Roy Harris examines the mis/representation of Saussurean ideas by certain linguists and by French thinkers of a Structuralist and...

The mythology of Valentinus, the Christian Gnostic, is replete with the fascinating suggestion that names have salvific power. In The Gospel of Truth, he says that God uses names to call beings into existence, and that "the name of the Father is the...