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Naming nature : the clash between instinct and science
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Naming nature : the clash between instinct and science / Carol Kaesuk Yoon.
ISBN
9780393061970 (hardcover) :
0393061973 (hardcover)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.
Physical Description
viii, 344 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary
This surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world illuminates science's limitations and the urgency of staying connected to the natural world by using familiar, rather than scientific, names.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 23, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-317) and index.
Contents
The strange case of the fish that wasn't
The search for the natural order begins. The little oracle ; Miracle in a barnacle ; What rock bottom looks like
A vision illuminated. A surprise in the Tower of Babel ; The Umwelt among babies and the brain-damaged ; Wog's legacy
A science is born. Taxonomy by the numbers ; Better taxonomy through chemistry ; The death of the fish
A vision reclaimed. This strange notion ; Beyond science.
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