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100 1 _aYoon, Carol Kaesuk.
245 1 0 _aNaming nature :
_bthe clash between instinct and science /
_cCarol Kaesuk Yoon.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton,
_cc2009.
300 _aviii, 344 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-317) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aBiology
_vClassification.
650 0 _aBiology
_vNomenclature.
650 0 _aBiology
_vNomenclature (Popular)
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