Charles Darwin's barnacle and David Bowie's spider [electronic resource] : how scientific names celebrate adventurers, heroes, and even a few scoundrels / Stephen B. Heard, with illustrations by Emily S. Damstra.

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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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Main Author:	Heard, Stephen B. (Author)
Other Authors:	Damstra, Emily S. (Illustrator)
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Natural history > Classification > Popular works. Biology > Classification > Popular works. Biology > Nomenclature > Popular works.
Genre:	Popular works. Classification Nomenclature
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2020 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2020 (EBSCO) eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2020 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider: How Scientific Names Celebrate Adventurers, Heroes, and Even a Few Scoundrels
Format:	Electronic eBook

Charles Darwin's barnacle and David Bowie's spider : how scientific names celebrate adventurers, heroes, and even a few scoundrels

Authors: Heard, Stephen B.
Published: Yale University Press, 2020

Physical Description: ix, 241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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