text Charles Darwin's barnacle and David Bowie's spider : how scientific names celebrate adventurers, heroes, and even a few scoundrels
- Summary
- Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informative, and accessible ... Read more
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- text
- Description
- ix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher
- Yale University Press 2020
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 578.012 HEA in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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