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Naturally speaking : a dictionary of quotations on biology, botany, nature and zoology / selected and arranged by Carl C. Gaither and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither ; illustrated by Andrew Slocombe.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Biology.
- Botany--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Botany.
- Zoology--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Zoology.
- Nature--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Nature.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 596 pages) : illustrations
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol ; Philadelphia : Institute of Physics, [2001]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Naturally Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Biology, Botany, Nature and Zoology, Second Edition presents the largest compilation of published quotations on the natural world available so that readers can get a feel for the depth and breadth of natural history and the life sciences. The book contains the words and wisdom of several hundred scientists, writers, philosophers, poets, and academicians. The bibliography is useful for readers who want to search for more details about the quotations listed while the extensive author and subject indexes provide the perfect tool for locating quotations.
- Contents:
- Accuracy
- Aesthetics
- Amoeba
- Amphibian
- Analogy
- Animal
- Arachnids
- Bacteria
- Bacteriologist
- Beauty
- Biological
- Biologist
- Biology
- Birds
- Book
- Botanist
- Botany
- Bug
- Cell
- Chance
- Chaos
- Characteristics
- Chromosomes
- Classification
- Clone
- Coleopterist
- Collecting
- Conchology
- Conservation
- Consultants
- Creationism
- Crustacean
- Darwinism
- Data
- Death
- Discovery
- Dispersal
- Dissection
- Divergence
- DNA
- Ecology
- Entomology
- Entropy
- Environment
- Error
- Ethics
- Evidence
- Evolution
- Exceptions
- Experience
- Experiment
- Extinction
- Extraterrestrial life
- Fact
- Fibonacci
- Fish
- Flowers
- Foresight
- Fungi
- Gaia
- Garden
- Gene
- Genera
- Genetics
- God
- Heredity
- Herpetologists
- Ichthyologist
- Idea
- Ignorance
- Imagination
- Insect
- Intelligence
- Kingdom
- Knowledge
- Laboratory
- Larva
- Law
- Life
- Man
- Mathematics
- Matter
- Metaphors
- Method
- Microbiology
- Microcosom [i.e. Microcosm]
- Microscope
- Molecular biology
- Molluscs
- Museum
- Mutations
- Myrmecologists.
- Names
- Natural history
- Natural selection
- Naturalist
- Nature
- Observation
- Occam's razor
- Ocean
- Organic
- Organism
- Organization
- Origins
- Ornithology
- Parasite
- Patterns
- Perception
- Photosynthesis
- Plants
- Pollution
- Prayer
- Primordial
- Protein
- Protozoa
- Reproduction
- Reptile
- Research
- Scenery
- Science
- Scientific method
- Scientist
- Seeds
- Sexuality
- Size
- Specialization
- Species
- Structure
- Survival
- Symmetry
- Synonymy
- Synthesis
- System
- Taxonomy
- Teleology
- Terminology
- Time
- Tree
- Truth
- Variation
- Vivisection
- Water
- Wetlands
- Wilderness
- Wildlife
- Worms
- Zoo
- Zoology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Naturally speaking.
- ISBN:
- 9781420033885
- 1420033883
- 9780750306812
- 0750306815
- Publisher Number:
- 99990106766
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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