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Naming Nature The Clash Between Instinct & Science Carol Kaesuk Yoon H/C 1st ed
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- Seller Notes
- “Appears to be in excellent, possibly unread, condition. No issues to note.”
- Signed
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- Custom Bundle
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- Ex Libris
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- Book Series
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- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
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- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
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- Type
- Popular Science
- Literary Movement
- Naturalism
- Era
- 2000s
- Personalized
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- Features
- Dust Jacket, Illustrated
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780393061970
- Book Title
- Naming Nature : the Clash between Instinct and Science
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- Life Sciences / Taxonomy, General, Life Sciences / Biology
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 21.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus set out to order and name the entire living world and ended up founding a science: the field of scientific classification, or taxonomy. Yet, in spite of Linnaeus's pioneering work and the genius of those who followed him, from Darwin to E. O. Wilson, taxonomy went from being revered as one of the most significant of intellectual pursuits to being largely ignored. Today, taxonomy is viewed by many as an outdated field, one nearly irrelevant to the rest of science and of even less interest to the rest of the world. Now, as Carol Kaesuk Yoon, biologist and longtime science writer for the New York Times, reminds us in Naming Nature, taxonomy is critically important, because it turns out to be much more than mere science. It is also the latest incarnation of a long-unrecognized human practice that has gone on across the globe, in every culture, in every language since before time: the deeply human act of ordering and naming the living world. In Naming Nature, Yoon takes us on a guided tour of science's brilliant, if sometimes misguided, attempts to order and name the overwhelming diversity of earth's living things. We follow a trail of scattered clues that reveals taxonomy's real origins in humanity's distant past. Yoon's journey brings us from New Guinea tribesmen who call a giant bird a mammal to the trials and tribulations of patients with a curious form of brain damage that causes them to be unable to distinguish among living things. Finally, Yoon shows us how the reclaiming of taxonomy--a renewed interest in learning the kinds and names of things around us--will rekindle humanity's dwindling connection with wild nature. Naming Nature has much to tell us, not only about how scientists create a science but also about how the progress of science can alter the expression of our own human nature.
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Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393061973
ISBN-13
9780393061970
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71708771
Product Key Features
Book Title
Naming Nature : the Clash between Instinct and Science
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Taxonomy, General, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
21.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Qh83.Y66 2009
Reviews
Starred Review. Yoon's invitation for laypeople to reclaim their umwelt, to 'take one step closer to the living world' and accept as valid the 'wondrous variety in the ordering of life' is optimistic, exhilarating, and revolutionary., Evolutionary biologist Carol Kaesuk Yoon makes the case for looking, touching, listening, making our own imperfect sense of the marvels that surround us. Like Darwin, Yoon can find the beauty in a barnacle, and her book--lush with biology, biography, and folklore--is a sensuous delight to read., Evolutionary biologist Carol Kaesuk Yoon makes the case for looking, touching, listening, making our own imperfect sense of the marvels that surround us. Like Darwin, Yoon can find the beauty in a barnacle, and her book-lush with biology, biography, and folklore-is a sensuous delight to read., Brightly blending scientific expertise with personal experience, Yoon is an outstanding science writer who takes a seemingly dull topic and rivets unsuspecting readers to the page.
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2009-014332
Dewey Decimal
570.1/4
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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