Author: Thomas Bell
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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The Zoological Journal
Author: Thomas Bell
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 694
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The Zoological Journal
Author: Thom Bell
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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The Zoological Journal
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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Kingdom of Ants
Author: Edward O. Wilson
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801899737
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
One of the earliest New World naturalists, José Celestino Mutis began his professional life as a physician in Spain and ended it as a scientist and natural philosopher in modern-day Colombia. Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in eighteenth-century South America retrieves Mutis's contributions from obscurity. In 1760, the 28-year-old Mutis—newly appointed as the personal physician of the Viceroy of the New Kingdom of Granada—embarked on a 48-year exploration of the natural world of northern South America. His thirst for knowledge led Mutis to study the region's flora, become a professor of mathematics, construct the first astronomical observatory in the Western Hemisphere, and amass one of the largest scientific libraries in the world. He translated Newton's writings and penned essays about Copernicus; lectured extensively on astronomy, geography, and meteorology; and eventually became a priest. But, as two-time Pulitzer Prize–winner Edward O. Wilson and Spanish natural history scholar José M. Gómez Durán reveal in this enjoyable and illustrative account, one of Mutis's most magnificent accomplishments involved ants. Acting at the urging of Carl Linnaeus—the father of taxonomy—shortly after he arrived in the New Kingdom of Granada, Mutis began studying the ants that swarmed everywhere. Though he lacked any entomological training, Mutis built his own classification for the species he found and named at a time when New World entomology was largely nonexistent. His unorthodox catalog of army ants, leafcutters, and other six-legged creatures found along the banks of the Magdalena provided a starting point for future study. Wilson and Durán weave a compelling, fast-paced story of ants on the march and the eighteenth-century scientist who followed them. A unique glance into the early world of science exploration, Kingdom of Ants is a delight to read and filled with intriguing information.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801899737
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
One of the earliest New World naturalists, José Celestino Mutis began his professional life as a physician in Spain and ended it as a scientist and natural philosopher in modern-day Colombia. Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in eighteenth-century South America retrieves Mutis's contributions from obscurity. In 1760, the 28-year-old Mutis—newly appointed as the personal physician of the Viceroy of the New Kingdom of Granada—embarked on a 48-year exploration of the natural world of northern South America. His thirst for knowledge led Mutis to study the region's flora, become a professor of mathematics, construct the first astronomical observatory in the Western Hemisphere, and amass one of the largest scientific libraries in the world. He translated Newton's writings and penned essays about Copernicus; lectured extensively on astronomy, geography, and meteorology; and eventually became a priest. But, as two-time Pulitzer Prize–winner Edward O. Wilson and Spanish natural history scholar José M. Gómez Durán reveal in this enjoyable and illustrative account, one of Mutis's most magnificent accomplishments involved ants. Acting at the urging of Carl Linnaeus—the father of taxonomy—shortly after he arrived in the New Kingdom of Granada, Mutis began studying the ants that swarmed everywhere. Though he lacked any entomological training, Mutis built his own classification for the species he found and named at a time when New World entomology was largely nonexistent. His unorthodox catalog of army ants, leafcutters, and other six-legged creatures found along the banks of the Magdalena provided a starting point for future study. Wilson and Durán weave a compelling, fast-paced story of ants on the march and the eighteenth-century scientist who followed them. A unique glance into the early world of science exploration, Kingdom of Ants is a delight to read and filled with intriguing information.
The Journal of the Linnean Society
Author: Linnean Society of London
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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The Rise of Animals
Author: Mikhail A. Fedonkin
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801886799
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An essential resource for paleontologists, biologists, geologists, and teachers, The Rise of Animals is the best single reference on one of earth's most significant events.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801886799
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An essential resource for paleontologists, biologists, geologists, and teachers, The Rise of Animals is the best single reference on one of earth's most significant events.
Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats
Author: Thomas H. Kunz
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Thomas H. Kunz is a professor of biology and director of the Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology at Boston University. He is the editor of Bat Biology and Conservation and Bat Ecology. Stuart Parsons is a senior lecturer in biological sciences at the University of Auckland, New Zealand -- Jacket.
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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Thomas H. Kunz is a professor of biology and director of the Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology at Boston University. He is the editor of Bat Biology and Conservation and Bat Ecology. Stuart Parsons is a senior lecturer in biological sciences at the University of Auckland, New Zealand -- Jacket.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Author: Linnean Society of London
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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The Zoological Journal
Author: N. A. Vigors
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Zoological Record
Author:
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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