04008nam 2200709Ia 450 991045980820332120211228110738.01-283-09611-097866130961110-300-16174-310.12987/9780300161748(CKB)2670000000079721(EBL)3420656(SSID)ssj0000469454(PQKBManifestationID)11272221(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000469454(PQKBWorkID)10510221(PQKB)11011803(MiAaPQ)EBC3420656(DE-B1597)486682(OCoLC)1024051745(DE-B1597)9780300161748(Au-PeEL)EBL3420656(CaPaEBR)ebr10451027(CaONFJC)MIL309611(OCoLC)923595573(EXLCZ)99267000000007972120100507d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrG. Evelyn Hutchinson and the invention of modern ecology[electronic resource] /Nancy G. Slack ; foreword by Edward O. WilsonNew Haven ;London Yale University Pressc20101 online resource (476 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-300-16138-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-442) and index.Frontmatter --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 --IndexStephen 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.EcologistsEnglandBiographyEcologyHistory20th centuryNaturalistsEnglandBiographyScholarsEnglandBiographyScientistsEnglandBiographyElectronic books.EcologistsEcologyHistoryNaturalistsScholarsScientists570.92Slack Nancy G846985Wilson Edward Osborne1929-2021,authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459808203321G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the invention of modern ecology1892118UNINA