Biological Metaphor and Cladistic Classification : an Interdisciplinary Perspective /

The dynamic aspect of biological systems--the birth, growth, and death of individual organisms, the evolution of one form into another over time--has formed the basis for metaphors used in many fields for both artistic and heuristic purposes. Cladistic classification uses a tree whose branch points...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hoenigswald, Henry M., Wiener, Linda F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Temas:
Biology > Classification > Congresses.
Cladistic analysis > Congresses.
Comparative linguistics > Congresses.
Historical linguistics > Congresses.
Biologie > Classification > Congrès.
Analyse cladistique > Congrès.
Linguistique historique > Congrès.
HISTORY > Historiography.
Biology > Classification
Cladistic analysis
Comparative linguistics
Historical linguistics
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The dynamic aspect of biological systems--the birth, growth, and death of individual organisms, the evolution of one form into another over time--has formed the basis for metaphors used in many fields for both artistic and heuristic purposes. Cladistic classification uses a tree whose branch points are based on the possession of derived or relatively recent characteristics, rather than primitive ones.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : 50 illustrations
ISBN:9781512802450
151280245X

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