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| ISBN 13 | 9780393338713 |
| ISBN 10 | 393338711 |
| Author | Carol Kaesuk Yoon |
| Book Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | Finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology. A lively blend of popular scientific history and cultural criticism, New York Times Book review Biologist Carol Kaesuk Yoon explores the historical tension between evolutionary biology and taxonomy. Carl Linnaeus struggled in the eighteenth century to define species in light of their mutability while still relying on intuitive, visual judgments. As taxonomy modernized, it moved into labs, yielding results counterintuitive to humanitys innate predisposition to order the world. By conceding scientific Author ity to taxonomists, Yoon argues, we. ve contributed to our own alienation from nature. 27 black-and-white illustrationsreview A beautiful riddle of a book. Time Out New YorkImpossible to put down. BooklistStarred review Superb. Kirkus review sA sensuous delight to read. O, The Oprah Magazine Starred review Optimistic, exhilarating, and revolutionary. Publishers Weekly Bracing and brilliant. Boston GlobeIngenious, compelling. San Francisco ChronicleFrom the Back CoverAdvance praise for Naming Nature Original, delightful, and wise, Yoon descends from the best writers of popular science, Stephen Jay Gould and Brian Greene among them. |
| Publication Date | 8/2/2010 |
| Number of Pages | 352 |
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