Reading the shape of nature [[electronic resource] ] : comparative zoology at the Agassiz Museum / / Mary P. Winsor |
Autore | Winsor Mary P |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 574/.012 |
Collana | Science and its conceptual foundations |
Soggetto topico |
Animals - History
Natural history - Classification - History Naturalists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato | zoology, harvard, museum, louis agassiz, science, academia, classification, taxonomy, biodiversity, creation, evolution, natural history, animals, biology, thomas barbour, echinoderms, crayfish, walter faxon, nonfiction, founding, funding, agenda, biography, father and son, scientific debate, research, scholars, insects, lamarck, specimens, display, exhibition |
ISBN |
1-283-07850-3
9786613078506 0-226-90208-0 |
Classificazione | WB 1455 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. "In the Prime of His Admirable Manhood" -- 2. "I Have Been Disappointed in My Collaborators" -- 3. "Our Work Must Be Done with Much More Precision" -- 4. "An Object Worthy of a Life's Devotion" -- 5. "The Many Plans Started by My Father" -- 6. "Shall We Say 'Ignorabimus: or Chase a Phantom?" -- 7. "The Slender Thread Is Practically Severed" -- 8. "Results Unattainable by Museum Study Alone" -- 9. "Collections Never of Use to Anyone" -- 10. "Dependent on the Personal Feelings of the Authors" -- 11. "I Made Up My Mind That Very Day to Be Director" -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791750103321 |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading the shape of nature [[electronic resource] ] : comparative zoology at the Agassiz Museum / / Mary P. Winsor |
Autore | Winsor Mary P |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (345 p.) |
Disciplina | 574/.012 |
Collana | Science and its conceptual foundations |
Soggetto topico |
Animals - History
Natural history - Classification - History Naturalists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato | zoology, harvard, museum, louis agassiz, science, academia, classification, taxonomy, biodiversity, creation, evolution, natural history, animals, biology, thomas barbour, echinoderms, crayfish, walter faxon, nonfiction, founding, funding, agenda, biography, father and son, scientific debate, research, scholars, insects, lamarck, specimens, display, exhibition |
ISBN |
1-283-07850-3
9786613078506 0-226-90208-0 |
Classificazione | WB 1455 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. "In the Prime of His Admirable Manhood" -- 2. "I Have Been Disappointed in My Collaborators" -- 3. "Our Work Must Be Done with Much More Precision" -- 4. "An Object Worthy of a Life's Devotion" -- 5. "The Many Plans Started by My Father" -- 6. "Shall We Say 'Ignorabimus: or Chase a Phantom?" -- 7. "The Slender Thread Is Practically Severed" -- 8. "Results Unattainable by Museum Study Alone" -- 9. "Collections Never of Use to Anyone" -- 10. "Dependent on the Personal Feelings of the Authors" -- 11. "I Made Up My Mind That Very Day to Be Director" -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824155103321 |
Winsor Mary P
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1991 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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