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001 2009014332
003 DLC
005 20100302150026.0
008 090421s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aYoon, Carol Kaesuk.
245 10 $aNaming nature :$bthe clash between instinct and science /$cCarol Kaesuk Yoon.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton,$cc2009.
300 $aviii, 344 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-317) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
520 $aThis 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.
650 0 $aBiology$vClassification.
650 0 $aBiology$vNomenclature.
650 0 $aBiology$xNomenclature (Popular)