David Bainbridge

How Zoologists Organize Things

The Art of Classification

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Produktbeschreibung

Discover how categorisation has shaped our view of the natural worldà  withà  How Zoologists Organize Things.à  The book unveils wild truths and even wilder myths about animals, as perpetuated by zoologists à â â revealing how much more there is to learn, and unlearn. Ã

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 179mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 922g
• ISBN-13: 9780711252264
• ISBN-10: 0711252262
• Artikelnr.: 57978100

Autorenporträt

David Bainbridge is a reproductive biologist, popular science writer, and the Clinical Veterinary Anatomist, the world-top-ranked Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. As well as many academic and clinical publications, he has written seven popular science books, widely reviewed, discussed and translated. He is a fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, whose alumni include John Ray, the originator of the biological term “species.” David Bainbridge is the definitive voice on zoology classification.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Aristotle, Bestiaries & Cynocephali
2 Creating Order from Profusion
3 Trees of Life in a Newly Ancient World
4 Outward Patterns, Inner Workings
Index
Credits