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Author Yoon, Carol Kaesuk.

Title Naming nature : the clash between instinct and science / Carol Kaesuk Yoon.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  QH83 .Y66 2009    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description viii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-317) and index.
Contents The 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.
Subject Biology -- Classification.
Biology -- Classification.
Biology -- Nomenclature.
Biology -- Nomenclature.
Biology -- Nomenclature (Popular)
Biology -- Nomenclature (Popular)
Biology.
ISBN 9780393061970 : $27.95
0393061973 : $27.95