Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science
Author | : Carol Kaesuk Yoon |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2010-08-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393338713 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393338711 |
Rating | : 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science by : Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Download or read book Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science written by Carol Kaesuk Yoon and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-08-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of taxonomy, describing the quest of scientists to name and classify living things from Carl Linnaeus to early twenty-first-century scientists who rely more on microscopic evidence than their senses, which has encouraged an indifference to nature that is responsible for the extinction of many species.