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The art of naming / Michael Ohl ; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ohl, Michael, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Kunst der Benennung. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Biology--Nomenclature.
- Biology.
- Biology--Classification.
- Genre:
- Classification.
- Terminology.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 294 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Prologue: The beauty of names
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the images
- 1. Hitler and the Fledermaus
- 2. How species get their names
- 3. Words, proper names, individuals
- 4. Types and the materiality of names
- 5. The curio collection of animal names
- 6. "I shall name this beetle after my beloved wife ..."
- 7. "A new species a day"
- 8. Who counts the species, names the names?
- 9. Naming nothing
- Epilogue: On labeling.
- Notes:
- Originally published as Die Kunst der Benennung. 1. Aufl. Berlin : Matthes et Seitz, 2015.
- Translated from the German.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262037761
- 0262037769
- OCLC:
- 1004074348
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