Finding Order in Nature The Naturalist Tradition from Linnaeus to E. O. Wilson

Name: Finding Order in Nature The Naturalist Tradition from Linnaeus to E. O. Wilson
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ISBN: 9780801863905

ISBN-10: 0801863902

ISBN-13: 9780801863905

Edition: 2000

Authors: Paul Lawrence Farber

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Since emerging as a discipline in the middle of the eighteenth century, natural history has been at the heart of the life sciences. It gave rise to the major organizing theory of life--evolution--and continues to be a vital science with impressive practical value. Central to advanced work in ecology, agriculture, medicine, and environmental science, natural history also attracts enormous popular interest. In Finding Order in Nature Paul Farber traces the development of the naturalist tradition since the Enlightenment and considers its relationship to other research areas in the life sciences. Written for the general reader and student alike, the volume explores the adventures of early…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 7/10/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Collecting, Classifying, and Interpreting Nature: Linnaeus and Buffon, 1735-1788



New Specimens: Transforming Natural History into a Scientific Discipline, 1760-1840



Comparing Structure: The Key to the Order of Nature, 1789-1848



New Tools and Standard Practices, 1840-1859



Darwin's Synthesis: The Theory of Evolution, 1830-1882



Studying Function: An Alternative Vision for the Science of Life, 1809-1900



Victorian Fascination: The Golden Age of Natural History, 1880-1900



New Synthesis: The Modern Theory of Evolution, 1900-1950



The Naturalist as Generalist: E. O. Wilson, 1950-1994


Epilogue


Suggested Further Reading


Index