Author: American Museum of Natural History. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
Research Catalog of the Library of the American Museum of Natural History: 59.82-59.9,9
Author: American Museum of Natural History. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 922
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
Author: Joel Asaph Allen
Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Comprises articles on geology, paleontology, mammalogy, ornithology, entomology and anthropology.
Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Comprises articles on geology, paleontology, mammalogy, ornithology, entomology and anthropology.
Research Catalog of the Library of the American Museum of Natural History
Author: American Museum of Natural History. Library
Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Ten Thousand Birds
Author: Tim Birkhead
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691151970
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated history of modern ornithology Ten Thousand Birds provides a thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked. This beautifully illustrated book opens in the middle of the nineteenth century when ornithology was a museum-based discipline focused almost exclusively on the anatomy, taxonomy, and classification of dead birds. It describes how in the early 1900s pioneering individuals such as Erwin Stresemann, Ernst Mayr, and Julian Huxley recognized the importance of studying live birds in the field, and how this shift thrust ornithology into the mainstream of the biological sciences. The book tells the stories of eccentrics like Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a pathological liar who stole specimens from museums and quite likely murdered his wife, and describes the breathtaking insights and discoveries of ambitious and influential figures such as David Lack, Niko Tinbergen, Robert MacArthur, and others who through their studies of birds transformed entire fields of biology. Ten Thousand Birds brings this history vividly to life through the work and achievements of those who advanced the field. Drawing on a wealth of archival material and in-depth interviews, this fascinating book reveals how research on birds has contributed more to our understanding of animal biology than the study of just about any other group of organisms.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691151970
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated history of modern ornithology Ten Thousand Birds provides a thoroughly engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, tracing how the study of birds has been shaped by a succession of visionary and often-controversial personalities, and by the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked. This beautifully illustrated book opens in the middle of the nineteenth century when ornithology was a museum-based discipline focused almost exclusively on the anatomy, taxonomy, and classification of dead birds. It describes how in the early 1900s pioneering individuals such as Erwin Stresemann, Ernst Mayr, and Julian Huxley recognized the importance of studying live birds in the field, and how this shift thrust ornithology into the mainstream of the biological sciences. The book tells the stories of eccentrics like Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a pathological liar who stole specimens from museums and quite likely murdered his wife, and describes the breathtaking insights and discoveries of ambitious and influential figures such as David Lack, Niko Tinbergen, Robert MacArthur, and others who through their studies of birds transformed entire fields of biology. Ten Thousand Birds brings this history vividly to life through the work and achievements of those who advanced the field. Drawing on a wealth of archival material and in-depth interviews, this fascinating book reveals how research on birds has contributed more to our understanding of animal biology than the study of just about any other group of organisms.
Ornithology, Evolution, and Philosophy
Author: Jürgen Haffer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 354071779X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
This book is the first detailed biography of Ernst Mayr. He was an ‘architect’ of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, and the greatest evolutionary biologist since Charles Darwin, influential historian and philosopher of biology, outstanding taxonomist and ornithologist, and naturalist. He is one of the most widely known biologists of the 20th century. Mayr used the theories of natural selection and population thinking as theoretical models within the framework of historical biological studies. He was the first to emphasize the role of biopopulations, thereby pointing out the basic difference between ’population thinking’ and typological essentialism.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 354071779X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
This book is the first detailed biography of Ernst Mayr. He was an ‘architect’ of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, and the greatest evolutionary biologist since Charles Darwin, influential historian and philosopher of biology, outstanding taxonomist and ornithologist, and naturalist. He is one of the most widely known biologists of the 20th century. Mayr used the theories of natural selection and population thinking as theoretical models within the framework of historical biological studies. He was the first to emphasize the role of biopopulations, thereby pointing out the basic difference between ’population thinking’ and typological essentialism.
New Guinea
Author: Bruce M. Beehler
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069118030X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Combining a wealth of information, a descriptive and story-filled narrative, and more than 200 stunning color photographs, the book unlocks New Guinea's remarkable secrets like never before
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069118030X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Combining a wealth of information, a descriptive and story-filled narrative, and more than 200 stunning color photographs, the book unlocks New Guinea's remarkable secrets like never before
A New Guinea Bibliography
Author:
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Category : New Guinea
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Publisher:
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Category : New Guinea
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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The Emu
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 858
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The Cuckoos
Author: Robert B. Payne
Publisher: Bird Families of the World
ISBN: 0198502133
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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Publisher: Bird Families of the World
ISBN: 0198502133
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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Nightjars and Their Allies
Author: D.T. Holyoak
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198549871
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
"All the species are illustrated in 23 colour plates painted by Martin Woodcock. He has also contributed text drawings that illustrate behaviour and other features."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198549871
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
"All the species are illustrated in 23 colour plates painted by Martin Woodcock. He has also contributed text drawings that illustrate behaviour and other features."--BOOK JACKET.