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The Naming of the Shrew / John Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, John, 1951- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778.
- Biology--Nomenclature--Popular works.
- Biology.
- Biology--Classification--History--Popular works.
- Biology--Classification.
- History.
- Biology--Nomenclature.
- Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778--Popular works.
- Linné, Carl von.
- Terminology as Topic.
- Classification--methods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Terminology as Topic.
- Classification--methods.
- Biology.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on dust jacket : A Curious History of Latin Names
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2014.
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Contents:
- Why do we use Latin names?
- The names there are
- The language of naming
- The act of naming
- The rules of naming
- The history of naming
- The father of taxonomy
- Taxonomy after Linnaeus
- What is a species?
- The tree of life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781408816981
- 1408816989
- OCLC:
- 890161501
- Publisher Number:
- 99961071953
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