G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the invention of modern ecology [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy G. Slack ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson
| G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the invention of modern ecology [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy G. Slack ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson |
| Autore | Slack Nancy G |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven ; ; London, : Yale University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (476 p.) |
| Disciplina | 570.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecologists - England
Ecology - History - 20th century Naturalists - England Scholars - England Scientists - England |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-09611-0
9786613096111 0-300-16174-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459808203321 |
Slack Nancy G
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| New Haven ; ; London, : Yale University Press, c2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the invention of modern ecology [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy G. Slack ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson
| G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the invention of modern ecology [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy G. Slack ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson |
| Autore | Slack Nancy G |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven ; ; London, : Yale University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (476 p.) |
| Disciplina | 570.92 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecologists - England
Ecology - History - 20th century Naturalists - England Scholars - England Scientists - England |
| ISBN |
1-283-09611-0
9786613096111 0-300-16174-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789816703321 |
Slack Nancy G
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| New Haven ; ; London, : Yale University Press, c2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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