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Naming Nature : The Clash Between Instinct and Science by Carol Kaesuk Yoon (2010, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393338711

ISBN-139780393338713

eBay Product ID (ePID)154398890

Product Key Features

Book TitleNaming Nature : the Clash between Instinct and Science

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLife Sciences / Taxonomy, General, Life Sciences / Biology

Publication Year2010

IllustratorYes

GenreScience

AuthorCarol Kaesuk Yoon

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.6 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal570.1/4

SynopsisFinalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology. "A lively blend of popular scientific history and cultural criticism."--New York Times Book Review, Biologist Carol Kaesuk Yoon explores the historical tension between evolutionary biology and taxonomy. Carl Linnaeus struggled in the eighteenth century to define species in light of their mutability while still relying on intuitive, visual judgments. As taxonomy modernized, it moved into labs, yielding results counterintuitive to humanity's innate predisposition to order the world. By conceding scientific authority to taxonomists, Yoon argues, we've contributed to our own alienation from nature., Biologist Carol Kaesuk Yoon explores the historical tension between evolutionary biology and taxonomy. Carl Linnaeus struggled in the eighteenth century to define species in light of their mutability while still relying on intuitive, visual judgments. As taxonomy modernized, it moved into labs, yielding results counterintuitive to humanity s innate predisposition to order the world. By conceding scientific authority to taxonomists, Yoon argues, we've contributed to our own alienation from nature.

LC Classification NumberQH83