The Development of Biological Systematics: Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu, Nature, and the Natural System
| AUTHOR | Stevens, Peter |
| PUBLISHER | Columbia University Press (12/01/1994) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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A reevaluation of the history of biological systematics that discusses the formative years of the so-called natural system of classification in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Shows how classifications came to be treated as conventions; systematic practice was not linked to clearly articulated theory; there was general confusion over the "shape" of nature; botany, elements of natural history, and systematics were conflated; and systematics took a position near the bottom of the hierarchy of sciences.
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ISBN-13:
9780231064408
ISBN-10:
0231064403
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
616
Carton Quantity:
12
Product Dimensions:
6.12 x 1.36 x 9.24 inches
Weight:
2.30 pound(s)
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Science | Life Sciences - Biology
Science | Life Sciences - Evolution
Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)
Grade Level:
Post Graduate
and up
Dewey Decimal:
578.012
Library of Congress Control Number:
94027231
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A reevaluation of the history of biological systematics that discusses the formative years of the so-called natural system of classification in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Shows how classifications came to be treated as conventions; systematic practice was not linked to clearly articulated theory; there was general confusion over the "shape" of nature; botany, elements of natural history, and systematics were conflated; and systematics took a position near the bottom of the hierarchy of sciences.
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Author:
Stevens, Peter
Peter Stevens has been publishing books of poetry for the last thirty years. He also teaches literature and creative writing and is presently an emeritus professor. He was the poetry editor for "Canadian Forum" and the "Literary Review of Canada," For over sixty years he has been a connoisseur of jazz and he was a regular contributor to CBC Radio's National network jazz show for three years in the 1970s. His own jazz radio show is now in its twenty-second year.
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