Name: The art of Naming (The mit Press) (en Inglés)
Price: 16490.00 CLP
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Author: Michael Ohl
ISBN: 9780262537032

portada The art of Naming (The mit Press) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Mitpress

Autor

Michael Ohl

Año

2019

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

312

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9780262537032

N° edición

N/A

Categorías

Historia de la ciencia

The art of Naming (The mit Press) (en Inglés)

Michael Ohl (Autor) · Mitpress · Tapa Blanda

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From Tyrannosaurus rex to Heteropoda davidbowie scientific naming as a joyful and creative act.Tyrannosaurus rex. Homo sapiens. Heteropoda davidbowie. Behind each act of scientific naming is a story. In this entertaining and illuminating book, Michael Ohl considers scientific naming as a joyful and creative act. There are about 1.8 million discovered and named plant and animal species, and millions more still to be discovered. Naming is the necessary next step after discovery; it is through the naming of species that we perceive and understand nature. Ohl explains the process, with examples, anecdotes, and a wildly varied cast of characters. He describes the rules for scientific naming; the vernacular isn't adequate. These rules--in standard binomial nomenclature, the generic name followed by specific name--go back to Linnaeus; but they are open to idiosyncrasy and individual expression. A lizard is designated Barbaturex morrisoni (in honor of the Doors' Jim Morrison, the Lizard King); a member of the horsefly family Scaptia beyonceae. Ohl, a specialist in "winged things that sting," confesses that among the many wasp species he has named is Ampulex dementor, after the dementors in the Harry Potter novels. Scientific names have also been deployed by scientists to insult other scientists, to make political statements, and as expressions of romantic love: "I shall name this beetle after my beloved wife." The Art of Naming takes us on a surprising and fascinating journey, in the footsteps of the discoverers of species and the authors of names, into the nooks and crannies and drawers and cabinets of museums, and through the natural world of named and not-yet-named species.