Bibliograph

Finding order in nature, the naturalist tradition from Linnaeus to E.O. Wilson, Paul Lawrence Farber

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Finding order in nature, the naturalist tradition from Linnaeus to E.O. Wilson, Paul Lawrence Farber

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Finding order in nature

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Paul Lawrence Farber

Series statement

Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science

Sub title

the naturalist tradition from Linnaeus to E.O. Wilson

Summary

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 naturalists, the ideas that lay behind classification systems, the development of museums and zoos, and the range of motives that led collectors to collect. Farber also explores the importance of sociocultural contexts, institutional settings, and government funding in the story of this durable discipline

Target audience

adult

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