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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Yoon, Carol Kaesuk.     Subjects     Biology -- Classification.     Biology -- Nomenclature.     Biology -- Nomenclature (Popular)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Yoon, Carol Kaesuk.       by title:      Naming nature : the ...         MARC Display

Naming nature : the clash between instinct and science / Carol Kaesuk Yoon. by Yoon, Carol Kaesuk. New York : W.W. Norton, c2009. Subjects Biology -- Classification.   Biology -- Nomenclature.   Biology -- Nomenclature (Popular) ISBN:  9780393061970 : 0393061973 Description:  viii, 344 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  This surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world illuminates science's limitations and the urgency of staying connected to the natural world by using familiar, rather than scientific, names.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 570.14 Yo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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