Charles Darwin's barnacle and David Bowie's spider : how scientific names celebrate adventurers, heroes, and even a few scoundrels / Stephen B. Heard, with illustrations by Emily S. Damstra.
Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informative, and accessible history examines the fascinating stories behind taxon...
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Physical Description: | ix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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Charles Darwin's barnacle and David Bowie's spider how scientific names celebrate adventurers, heroes, and even a few scoundrels
Published: Yale University Press, 2020
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