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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Winsor, Mary P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Colección:Science and its conceptual foundations.
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
Agassiz, Louis, > (1807-1873)
Agassiz, Louis.
Harvard University. > Museum of Comparative Zoology > History.
Harvard University. > Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Harvard University. > Museum of Comparative Zoology > Histoire.
Harvard University. > Museum of Comparative Zoology
Museum of comparative zoology (Cambridge, Mass.) > Histoire.
Cambridge (Mass.) > Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Animals > Classification > History.
Natural history > Classification.
Naturalists > United States > Biography.
Animaux > Classification > Histoire.
Sciences naturelles > Classification > Histoire.
Naturalistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Sciences naturelles > Classification.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Animals
Natural history
Naturalists
Geschichte
Agassiz-museum (Cambridge, Mass.)
Natuurlijke historie.
United States
Taxonomy
collective biographies.
Biographies
Classification
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 the conflicting forces that shaped systematics in the second half of the nineteenth century. Debates over the philosophical foundations of classification, details of taxonomic research, the young institution's financial struggles, and the personalities of the men most deeply involved are a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 324 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-315) and index.
ISBN:9780226902081
0226902080
1283078503
9781283078504
9786613078506
6613078506
0226902145
9780226902142

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