David Starr Jordan

A Guide to the Study of Fishes (Vol. 1&2) (eBook, ePUB)

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• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a Victorian-era guide to the study of fishes from morphology and division into biological classes to the description of habitats. A learner will be interested in the abundance of facts and details about such topics like the build of the fish, the morphology (the organs of nutrition, the organs of perspiration, the skeleton, etc. ), the instincts of fishes and their ability to adapt to environment, notes on the history of ichthyology and much more. The book is filled with clear and informative illustrations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: e-artnow
• Seitenzahl: 920
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 4066338129048
• Artikelnr.: 72209998

Autorenporträt

David Starr Jordan (1851 - 1931) was one of the founders of Stanford University, ichthyologist, essayist and president of Indiana University. He was most famous for his theory of eugenics, in which he insisted that the breeding of people should be performed like the breeding of animals, where the strongest individuals should receive a priority. He expressed his ideas in a number of political essays an was a strong proponent of compulsory sterilization.