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Naming nature : the clash between instinct and science / Carol Kaesuk Yoon.

By: Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 344 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393061970
  • 0393061973
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 570.1/4 22
  • 508
LOC classification:
  • QH83 .Y66 2009
Contents:
The strange case of the fish that wasn't -- The little oracle -- Miracle in a barnacle -- What rock bottom looks like -- A surprise in the Tower of Babel -- The Umwelt among babies and the brain-damaged -- Wog's legacy -- Taxonomy by the numbers -- Better taxonomy through chemistry -- The death of the fish -- This strange station -- Beyond science.
Summary: This surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world illuminates science's limitations and the urgency of staying connected to the natural world by using familiar, rather than scientific, names.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QH83 .Y66 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001078434

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-317) and index.

The strange case of the fish that wasn't -- The little oracle -- Miracle in a barnacle -- What rock bottom looks like -- A surprise in the Tower of Babel -- The Umwelt among babies and the brain-damaged -- Wog's legacy -- Taxonomy by the numbers -- Better taxonomy through chemistry -- The death of the fish -- This strange station -- Beyond science.

This surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world illuminates science's limitations and the urgency of staying connected to the natural world by using familiar, rather than scientific, names.

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