Reading the Shape of Nature : Comparative Zoology at the Agassiz Museum.

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Reading the Shape of Nature vividly recounts the turbulent early history of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and the contrasting careers of its founder Louis Agassiz and his son Alexander. Through the story of this institution and the individuals who formed it, Mary P. Winsor explores th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Winsor, Mary P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Colección:Science and Its Conceptual Foundations S.
Temas:
Agassiz, Louis, > 1807-1873.
Agassiz, Alexander, > 1835-1910.
Barbour, Thomas, > 1884-1946.
Agassiz, Alexander, > 1835-1910
Agassiz, Louis, > 1807-1873
Barbour, Thomas, > 1884-1946
Harvard University. > Museum of Comparative Zoology > History.
Harvard University. > Museum of Comparative Zoology
Animals > Classification > History.
Natural history > Classification > History.
Naturalists > United States > Biography.
Animaux > Classification > Histoire.
Sciences naturelles > Classification > Histoire.
Naturalistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Animals
Natural history > Classification
Naturalists
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. "In the Prime of His Admirable Manhood"; 2. "I Have Been Disappointed in My Collaboration"; 3. "Our Work Must Be Done with Much More Precision"; 4. "An Object Worthy of a Life's Devotion"; 5. "The Many Plans Started by My Father"; 6. "Shall We Say 'Ignorabimus, ' or Chase a Phantom?"; 7. "The Slender Threas is Practically Severed"; 8. "Results Unattainable by Museum Study Alone"; 9. "Collections Never of Use to Anyone"; 10. "Dependent on the Personal Feelings of the Authors"; 11. "I Made Up My Mind That Very Day to Be Director."
  • Concluding RemarksNotes; Bibliography; Index.

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