1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001496489707536

Autore

D'Agostini, Paolo

Titolo

Romanzo popolare : il cinema di Age e Scarpelli / Paolo D'Agostini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli : Edizioni scientifiche italiane, 1991

ISBN

8871042972

Descrizione fisica

218 p. , 21 cm.

Collana

Le immagini e le cose ; 4

Soggetti

Age

Scarpelli, Furio

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789816703321

Autore

Slack Nancy G

Titolo

G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the invention of modern ecology [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy G. Slack ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven ; ; London, : Yale University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-09611-0

9786613096111

0-300-16174-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (476 p.)

Disciplina

570.92

Soggetti

Ecologists - England

Ecology - History - 20th century

Naturalists - England

Scholars - England

Scientists - England

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 (p. [395]-442) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Man So Various -- 2. "The Circumstances of My Upbringing" -- 3. Becoming A Zoologist: The Hunter and Gatherer -- 4. From Naples to South Africa: A Failed Career? -- 5. First Years at Yale -- 6. Chief Biologist: The Yale North India Expedition -- 7. The First Crop: W. T. Edmondson, Gordon Riley, Ed Deevey, And Max Dunbar -- 8. The Old and the New Limnology -- 9. Radioisotopes: Radiation Ecology and Systems Ecology -- 10. Biogeochemistry: From Linsley Pond to the Guano Islands -- 11. The Three Wives and Yemaiel -- 12. Good Friends: Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson -- 13. Fond Correspondents: Rebecca West and Evelyn Hutchinson -- 14. From The N-Dimensional Niche to Santa Rosalia -- 15. Hutchinson the Environmentalist -- 16. The Polymath: Art History and Many Other Fields -- 17. The Last Years-From Yale to England -- 18. Concluding Remarks: Hutchinson's Legacy in Ecology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Stephen J. Gould declared G. Evelyn Hutchinson the most important ecologist of the twentieth century. E. O. Wilson pronounced him "one of the few scientists who could unabashedly be called a genius." In this fascinating book, Nancy G. Slack presents for the first time the full life story of this brilliant scientist who was also a master teacher, a polymath, and a delightful friend and correspondent. Based on full access to Hutchinson's archives and extensive interviews with him and many who knew him, the author evaluates his important contributions to modern ecology and his profound influence as a mentor. Filled with information available nowhere else, the book draws a vibrant portrait of an original scientific thinker who was also a man of remarkable personal appeal.