1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786976203321

Autore

Schmitt Michael <1949->

Titolo

From taxonomy to phylogenetics [[electronic resource]] : life and work of Willi Hennig / / by Michael Schmitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Mass., : Brill, c2013

ISBN

90-04-21929-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

570.92

Soggetti

Biologists - Germany

Cladistic analysis

Biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Willi Hennig’s biography -- 3 Willi Hennig’s Personality—The Shy Revolutioniser -- 4 The Taxonomist -- 5 The Systematist -- 6 The Philosopher -- 7 The “Hennigian Revolution” -- 8 Willi Hennig—A Man of order -- References -- Name Index -- Index of Subjects.

Sommario/riassunto

Biological Systematics has changed dramatically during the past 60 years from a handicraft or art to an accepted branch of science proper, due to the work of Willi Hennig, who was born in 1913. The scientific method of reconstructing phylogenetic relationships of organisms bases on Hennig's approach, the \'Phylogenetic Systematics\'. The method is now so widely accepted and applied that it can firmly be regarded a paradigm, named 'cladistics'. In contrast, the life and personality of its founder is remarkably little known in the scientific community. The present book offers a detailed biography of Willi Hennig, and traces the roots of his thinking from his schooldays until his death in 1976. Some outstanding academic teachers and friends of his are introduced, too. The book offers an insight into the historical development of a 'scientific revolution', and highlights the life and the work of a 'cautious revolutioniser' in a Germany of dictatorship, war, and separation.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959352403321

Autore

Goldford Dennis J. <1948->

Titolo

The constitution of religious freedom : God, politics, and the First Amendment / / Dennis J. Goldford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waco, Tex., : Baylor University Press, c2012

ISBN

9786613582812

9781280487583

1280487585

9781602584211

1602584214

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

342.7308/52

Soggetti

Freedom of religion - United States

Church and state - United States

Religion and politics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Constitutional fundamentals -- Religious minorities, religious freedom, and religion -- Conventional vs. radical establishment clause jurisprudence -- Orthodoxy and neutrality -- The concept of coercion in establishment clause jurisprudence -- The concept of position taking in establishment clause jurisprudence -- The theoretical core of the establishment clause : the secularity principle.

Sommario/riassunto

In a time when the question of American religious identity underlies much political conversation that fills the public square, Dennis Goldford directs his readers to consider the First Amendment. The founding fathers' words,""Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,""are the constitutional means of ensuring, however imperfectly, the American freedom to stand for something sacred. In his analysis, Goldford ably demonstrates that the very nature of these religion clauses establishes protection not for religion but f