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Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science

By Carol Kaesuk Yoon

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
2010
ISBN
9780393338713, 0393338711
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19780874 bytes)
Pages
352\354
Time added
2022-08-06 23:33:15

Description

Traces the human drive and cognitive capacity for naming the living world, evaluating the contributions of such figures as Linnaeus and Darwin while exploring the human preference for familiar, rather than scientific, names. NAMING NATURE CONTENTS ONE TWO THREE IL= 1 FIVE SIX THE UMWELT AMONG BABIES AND THE BRAIN-DAMAGED SEVEN WOG’S LEGACY EIGHT NINE TEN ELEVEN TWELVE BEYOND SCIENCE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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