How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification by Bainbridge, David

How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification

Humankind's fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter of survival - differentiating the edible from...
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Author: David Bainbridge
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How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification by Bainbridge, David

How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification

$63.43

How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification

$63.43
Author: David Bainbridge
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Humankind's fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter of survival - differentiating the edible from the toxic, the ferocious from the tractable. Since then, our compulsion to catalogue wildlife has played a key role in growing our understanding of the planet and ourselves, inspiring religious beliefs and evolving scientific theories. The book unveils wild truths and even wilder myths about animals, as perpetuated by zoologists - revealing how much more there is to learn, and unlearn.

Long before Darwin, our ancestors were obsessed with the visual similarities and differences between the animals. Early scientists could sense there was an order that unified all life and formulated a variety of schemes to help illustrate this. This human quest to classify living beings has left us with a rich artistic legacy, from the folklore and religiosity of the ancient and Medieval world through the naturalistic cataloging of the Enlightenment to the modern, computer-generated classificatory labyrinth.

This book tells the fascinating, visual story of this process. The wonderful zoological charts reflect prevailing artistic trends and scientific discoveries, as well as telling us as much about ourselves as they do about the creatures depicted.

Author: David Bainbridge
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 07/14/2020
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.90w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780711252264


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2020 pg. 5
Shelf Awareness 11/03/2020

About the Author

David Bainbridge is a reproductive biologist, popular science writer, and the Clinical Veterinary Anatomist, the world-top-ranked Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. As well as many academic and clinical publications, he has written seven popular science books, widely reviewed, discussed and translated. He is a fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, whose alumni include John Ray, the originator of the biological term "species." David Bainbridge is the definitive voice on zoology classification.


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