Darwin and the Barnacle - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Darwin and the Barnacle write by Rebecca Stott. This book was released on 2003. Darwin and the Barnacle available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tells the story of the part played by Darwin's eight-year study of barnacles and how the examination of this tiny marine organism contributed to the development of his theory of evolution.
Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider
Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider write by Stephen B. Heard. This book was released on 2020-03-17. Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance 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 taxonomic nomenclature, from Linnaeus himself naming a small and unpleasant weed after a rival botanist to the recent influx of scientific names based on pop-culture icons—including David Bowie’s spider, Frank Zappa’s jellyfish, and Beyoncé’s fly. Exploring the naming process as an opportunity for scientists to express themselves in creative ways, Stephen B. Heard’s fresh approach shows how scientific names function as a window into both the passions and foibles of the scientific community and as a more general indicator of the ways in which humans relate to, and impose order on, the natural world.
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries)
The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries) write by David Quammen. This book was released on 2007-07-17. The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Quammen brilliantly and powerfully re-creates the 19th century naturalist's intellectual and spiritual journey."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Twenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin's epiphany that "natural selection" formed the basis of evolution and the scientist's publication of On the Origin of Species. Why did Darwin delay, and what happened during the course of those two decades? The human drama and scientific basis of these years constitute a fascinating, tangled tale that elucidates the character of a cautious naturalist who initiated an intellectual revolution.
Barnacle Biology
Barnacle Biology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Barnacle Biology write by Alan J. Southward. This book was released on 1987-06-01. Barnacle Biology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This text gives an overview of almost all aspects of barnacle biology covering advances made since Charles Darwin to the present day.
A Taxonomy of Barnacles
A Taxonomy of Barnacles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Taxonomy of Barnacles write by Galt Niederhoffer. This book was released on 2013-12-24. A Taxonomy of Barnacles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Barnacle sisters--Bell, Bridget, Benita, Beryl, Belinda and Beth--have been raised in New York bytheir eccentric, self-made father in a fabulous, gigantic Fifth Avenue apartment that, encrusted with Barry Barnacle's scientific collections, feels like a little piece of the Museum of Natural History transplanted to the other side of Central Park. Now that most of the sisters have come of age, Barry Barnacle proposes a contest, a test of wits and wills that should at long last settle what is to Barry the most essential of all questions: nature, or nurture? Whichever of his daughters can most spectacularly carry on his name will inherit his fortune; the others are out cold. It's a proposition to set a Jane Austen heroine on her ear, but in Galt Niederhoffer's A Taxonomy of Barnacles, the Barnacle girls are up to the challenge. Throw the girls' mother Bella and their childhood crushes--the Finch twins next door--into the mix and the stage is set for a completely inventive and utterly fresh social comedy that is as beautifully written as it is unique.
