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Hunter Professor and Critically Acclaimed Author Victoria Johnson Discusses the Work of Revolutionary Physician and Botanist David Hosack

December 28, 2018
Victoria Johnson

Victoria Johnson, professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College, discusses the revolutionary work of early American botanist David Hosack and her latest book, American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic, in a special segment of Science Friday.

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