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| 서명/저자사항 | The art of naming/ Michael Ohl ; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer. |
| 개인저자 | Ohl, Michael,author. Lauffer, Elisabeth,translator, |
| 발행사항 | Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, [2018]. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource. |
| 원저저록 | Kunst der Benennung. Go?ttingen : V & R Unipress, 2005 3899712366 |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Ohl, Michael. Kunst der Benennung. English. Art of naming. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018] 9780262037761 0262037769 |
| ISBN | 9780262345910 0262345919 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Intro; Contents; Prologue: The Beauty of Names; Acknowledgments; Note on the Images; 1 Hitler and the Fledermaus; Bones of Contention; Eu Talkin' to Me?; Domestication of Names; Linguistic Evolution; 2 How Species Get Their Names; True or False: A Panda Is a Bear; The Devil in the Details; The Routes of Nomenclature; Availability versus Validity; Naming Rights for Sale; Fame from the Shadows of the Species; 3 Words, Proper Names, Individuals; Egg Thief Exonerated; Once an Oviraptor, Always an Oviraptor; Birds of a Feather ... ; The "Thing Test"; Taxonomic Misnomers; The Code. 4 Types and the Materiality of NamesJudging a Species by Its Traits; Atypical Types; Sustainable Taxonomy; Homo nosce te ipsum; The Ultimate Man; 5 The Curio Collection of Animal Names; Cracking the Code: Nomenclators at Play; Sound Practice; Naughty by Nomenclature; 6 "I Shall Name This Beetle After My Beloved Wife ... "; Dubious Parentage; Hobbits and Haters; 7 "A New Species a Day"; Namers and Gatherers; Amassing the Data and Sifting for Species; 8 Who Counts the Species, Names the Names?; Neither Organs Nor Muscles, Nor Nerves, Nor Sensory Cells; Counting and Cataloging; Quantifying Creation. Chapter 7: "A New Species a Day"Chapter 8: Who Counts the Species, Names the Names?; Chapter 9: Naming Nothing; Epilogue: On Labeling; Index of Author Names. |
| 요약 | "From Tyrannosaurus rex to Heteropoda davidbowie: scientific naming as a joyful and creative act.Tyrannosaurus rex. Homo sapiens. Heteropoda davidbowie. Behind each act of scientific naming is a story. In this entertaining and illuminating book, Michael Ohl considers scientific naming as a joyful and creative act. There are about 1.8 million discovered and named plant and animal species, and millions more still to be discovered. Naming is the necessary next step after discovery; it is through the naming of species that we perceive and understand nature. Ohl explains the process, with examples, anecdotes, and a wildly varied cast of characters. He describes the rules for scientific naming; the vernacular isn't adequate. These rules -- in standard binomial nomenclature, the generic name followed by specific name -- go back to Linnaeus; but they are open to idiosyncrasy and individual expression. A lizard is designated Barbaturex morrisoni (in honor of the Doors' Jim Morrison, the Lizard King); a member of the horsefly family Scaptia beyonceae. Ohl, a specialist in "winged things that sting," confesses that among the many wasp species he has named is Ampulex dementor, after the dementors in the Harry Potter novels. Scientific names have also been deployed by scientists to insult other scientists, to make political statements, and as expressions of romantic love: "I shall name this beetle after my beloved wife." The Art of Naming takes us on a surprising and fascinating journey, in the footsteps of the discoverers of species and the authors of names, into the nooks and crannies and drawers and cabinets of museums, and through the natural world of named and not-yet-named species."-- |
| 요약 | From Tyrannosaurus rex to Heteropoda davidbowie: scientific naming as a joyful and creative act. |
| 해제 | Provided by publisher. |
| 통일서명 | Kunst der Benennung.English |
| 일반주제명 | NATURE / Animals / Wildlife SCIENCE / Microscopes & Microscopy Biology --Nomenclature. Biology --Classification. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
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