Author: Jackie Higgins
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9781529030815
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An enthralling examination of some of the most remarkable creatures in the animal kingdom, and what they tell us about what it means to be human.
Sentient
Author: Jackie Higgins
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9781529030815
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An enthralling examination of some of the most remarkable creatures in the animal kingdom, and what they tell us about what it means to be human.
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 9781529030815
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An enthralling examination of some of the most remarkable creatures in the animal kingdom, and what they tell us about what it means to be human.
Reading the Shape of Nature
Author: Mary P. Winsor
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226902142
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Reading the Shape of Nature vividly recounts the turbulent early history of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and the contrasting careers of its founder Louis Agassiz and his son Alexander. Through the story of this institution and the individuals who formed it, Mary P. Winsor explores the conflicting forces that shaped systematics in the second half of the nineteenth century. Debates over the philosophical foundations of classification, details of taxonomic research, the young institution's financial struggles, and the personalities of the men most deeply involved are all brought to life. In 1859, Louis Agassiz established the Museum of Comparative Zoology to house research on the ideal types that he believed were embodied in all living forms. Agassiz's vision arose from his insistence that the order inherent in the diversity of life reflected divine creation, not organic evolution. But the mortar of the new museum had scarcely dried when Darwin's Origin was published. By Louis Agassiz's death in 1873, even his former students, including his son Alexander, had defected to the evolutionist camp. Alexander, a self-made millionaire, succeeded his father as director and introduced a significantly different agenda for the museum. To trace Louis and Alexander's arguments and the style of science they established at the museum, Winsor uses many fascinating examples that even zoologists may find unfamiliar. The locus of all this activity, the museum building itself, tells its own story through a wonderful series of archival photographs.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226902142
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Reading the Shape of Nature vividly recounts the turbulent early history of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and the contrasting careers of its founder Louis Agassiz and his son Alexander. Through the story of this institution and the individuals who formed it, Mary P. Winsor explores the conflicting forces that shaped systematics in the second half of the nineteenth century. Debates over the philosophical foundations of classification, details of taxonomic research, the young institution's financial struggles, and the personalities of the men most deeply involved are all brought to life. In 1859, Louis Agassiz established the Museum of Comparative Zoology to house research on the ideal types that he believed were embodied in all living forms. Agassiz's vision arose from his insistence that the order inherent in the diversity of life reflected divine creation, not organic evolution. But the mortar of the new museum had scarcely dried when Darwin's Origin was published. By Louis Agassiz's death in 1873, even his former students, including his son Alexander, had defected to the evolutionist camp. Alexander, a self-made millionaire, succeeded his father as director and introduced a significantly different agenda for the museum. To trace Louis and Alexander's arguments and the style of science they established at the museum, Winsor uses many fascinating examples that even zoologists may find unfamiliar. The locus of all this activity, the museum building itself, tells its own story through a wonderful series of archival photographs.
Zoologist - Nature Is Fascinating
Author: Zookeeper Publishing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781695170261
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
You are a zoologist, zookeeper or love animals and are looking for a funny notebook? Then this is the perfect notebook for you to take notes. On 120 lined pages you can record everything you want while expressing your love for zoology and zookeeping with the funny cover. For zoo keepers and animal lovers. You can also take a look at our other notebooks if you're looking for more notebooks and alternatives.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781695170261
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
You are a zoologist, zookeeper or love animals and are looking for a funny notebook? Then this is the perfect notebook for you to take notes. On 120 lined pages you can record everything you want while expressing your love for zoology and zookeeping with the funny cover. For zoo keepers and animal lovers. You can also take a look at our other notebooks if you're looking for more notebooks and alternatives.
Zoologist - Nature Is Fascinating
Author: Zookeeper Publishing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781704035291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
You are a zoologist, zookeeper or love animals and are looking for a funny notebook? Then this is the perfect notebook for you to take notes. On 120 dotted pages you can record everything you want while expressing your love for zoology and zookeeping with the funny cover. For zoo keepers and animal lovers. You can also take a look at our other notebooks if you're looking for more notebooks and alternatives.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781704035291
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
You are a zoologist, zookeeper or love animals and are looking for a funny notebook? Then this is the perfect notebook for you to take notes. On 120 dotted pages you can record everything you want while expressing your love for zoology and zookeeping with the funny cover. For zoo keepers and animal lovers. You can also take a look at our other notebooks if you're looking for more notebooks and alternatives.
The Zoologist V2
Author: Edward Newman
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781104411947
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781104411947
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
The Zoologist
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy
Author: Arik Kershenbaum
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241986850
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE 'A wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology' Richard Dawkins 'Crawls with curious facts' Sunday Times _________________________ We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science. Scientists are confident that there is alien life across the universe yet we have not moved beyond our perception of 'aliens' as Hollywood stereotypes. The time has come to abandon our fixation on alien monsters and place our expectations on solid scientific footing. Using his own expert understanding of life on Earth and Darwin's theory of evolution - which applies throughout the universe - Cambridge zoologist Dr Arik Kershenbaum explains what alien life must be like. This is the story of how life really works, on Earth and in space. _________________________ 'An entertaining, eye-opening and, above all, a hopeful view of what - or who - might be out there in the cosmos' Philip Ball, author of Nature's Patterns 'A fascinating insight into the deepest of questions: what might an alien actually look like' Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins 'If you don't want to be surprised by extraterrestrial life, look no further than this lively overview of the laws of evolution that have produced life on earth' Frans de Waal, author of Mama's Last Hug
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241986850
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE 'A wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology' Richard Dawkins 'Crawls with curious facts' Sunday Times _________________________ We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science. Scientists are confident that there is alien life across the universe yet we have not moved beyond our perception of 'aliens' as Hollywood stereotypes. The time has come to abandon our fixation on alien monsters and place our expectations on solid scientific footing. Using his own expert understanding of life on Earth and Darwin's theory of evolution - which applies throughout the universe - Cambridge zoologist Dr Arik Kershenbaum explains what alien life must be like. This is the story of how life really works, on Earth and in space. _________________________ 'An entertaining, eye-opening and, above all, a hopeful view of what - or who - might be out there in the cosmos' Philip Ball, author of Nature's Patterns 'A fascinating insight into the deepest of questions: what might an alien actually look like' Lewis Dartnell, author of Origins 'If you don't want to be surprised by extraterrestrial life, look no further than this lively overview of the laws of evolution that have produced life on earth' Frans de Waal, author of Mama's Last Hug
Zoologist
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Little Zoologist
Author:
Publisher: Running Press Kids
ISBN: 0762497505
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Teach your baby all about being a zoologist with this new board book published in partnership with Smithsonian. Scales. Notebooks. Habitats. Microscopes. Zoologists do a lot more than just feed and take care of animals and now young babies and toddlers will be able to learn all about what it means to be a zoologist and what tools they use as part of their job in this exciting and fun book in a new board book series published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institute.
Publisher: Running Press Kids
ISBN: 0762497505
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Teach your baby all about being a zoologist with this new board book published in partnership with Smithsonian. Scales. Notebooks. Habitats. Microscopes. Zoologists do a lot more than just feed and take care of animals and now young babies and toddlers will be able to learn all about what it means to be a zoologist and what tools they use as part of their job in this exciting and fun book in a new board book series published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institute.
A Zoologist Looks at Humankind
Author: Adolf Portmann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780231061940
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780231061940
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description