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Book Synopsis The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians by : Bo Beolens
Download or read book The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians written by Bo Beolens and published by Pelagic Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the discoverer but sometimes an individual they wished to honour or perhaps were staying with at the time the discovery was made. Species names related to a person are ‘eponyms’. Many scientific names are allusive, esoteric and even humorous, so an eponym dictionary is a valuable resource for anyone, amateur or professional, who wants to decipher the meaning and glimpse the history of a species name. Sometimes a name refers not to a person but to a fictional character or mythological figure. The Forest Stubfoot Toad Atelopus farci is named after the FARC, a Colombian guerrilla army who found refuge in the toad’s habitat and thereby, it is claimed, protected it. Hoipollo's Bubble-nest Frog Pseudophilautus hoipolloi was named after the Greek for ‘the many’, but someone assumed the reference was to a Dr Hoipollo. Meanwhile, the man who has everything will never refuse an eponym: Sting's Treefrog Dendropsophus stingi is named after the rock musician, in honour of his ‘commitment and efforts to save the rainforest’. Following the success of their Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, the authors have joined forces to give amphibians a similar treatment. They have tracked down 1,609 honoured individuals and composed for each a brief, pithy biography. In some cases these are a reminder of the courage of scientists whose dedicated research in remote locations exposed them to disease and even violent death. The eponym ensures that their memory will survive, aided by reference works such as this highly readable dictionary. Altogether 2,668 amphibians are listed.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Eponyms by : Cyril Leslie Beeching
Download or read book A Dictionary of Eponyms written by Cyril Leslie Beeching and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Eponymous Dictionary of Economics by : Julio Segura
Download or read book An Eponymous Dictionary of Economics written by Julio Segura and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Julio Segura and Carlos Rodriguez Braun have assembled a unique Dictionary that will be an invaluable and much welcomed reference book for economic journalists, economists and economic scholars at all levels of academe, and in all areas of economics and its associated fields."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary by : Michael Watkins
Download or read book Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary written by Michael Watkins and published by Pelagic Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating reference book delves into the origins of the vernacular and scientific names of sharks, rays, skates and chimeras. Each entry offers a concise biography, revealing the hidden stories and facts behind each species’ name.
Book Synopsis The Eponym Dictionary of Birds by : Bo Beolens
Download or read book The Eponym Dictionary of Birds written by Bo Beolens and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birdwatchers often come across bird names that include a person's name, either in the vernacular (English) name or latinised in the scientific nomenclature. Such names are properly called eponyms, and few people will not have been curious as to who some of these people were (or are). Names such as Darwin, Wallace, Audubon, Gould and (Gilbert) White are well known to most people. Keener birders will have yearned to see Pallas's Warbler, Hume's Owl, Swainson's Thrush, Steller's Eider or Brünnich's Guillemot. But few people today will have even heard of Albertina's Myna, Barraband's Parrot, Guerin's Helmetcrest or Savigny's Eagle Owl. This extraordinary new work lists more than 4,000 eponymous names covering 10,000 genera, species and subspecies of birds. Every taxon with an eponymous vernacular or scientific name (whether in current usage or not) is listed, followed by a concise biography of the person concerned. These entries vary in length from a few lines to several paragraphs, depending on the availability of information or the importance of the individual's legacy. The text is punctuated with intriguing or little-known facts, unearthed in the course of the authors' extensive research. Ornithologists will find this an invaluable reference, especially to sort out birds named after people with identical surnames or in situations where only a person's forenames are used. But all birders will find much of interest in this fascinating volume, a book to dip into time and time again whenever their curiosity is aroused.
Book Synopsis CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names by : Umberto Quattrocchi
Download or read book CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names written by Umberto Quattrocchi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-11-22 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from R to Z.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Medical Eponyms by : Barry G. Firkin
Download or read book Dictionary of Medical Eponyms written by Barry G. Firkin and published by Parthenon Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists and defines eponyms used in the practice of internal medicine. Emphasis on terms used in Australia.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Historical Allusions and Eponyms by : Dorothy Auchter
Download or read book Dictionary of Historical Allusions and Eponyms written by Dorothy Auchter and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 1998-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from history, folklore, cultural traditions, and linguistics, this dictionary illuminates over 550 terms, such as scapegoat, John Hancock, peeping Tom, nepotism, and many others.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Eponyms by : Sylvia Karavis
Download or read book A Dictionary of Eponyms written by Sylvia Karavis and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Eponym Dictionary of Odonata by : Bo Beolens
Download or read book Eponym Dictionary of Odonata written by Bo Beolens and published by Whittles. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a listing of all those after whom damselflies and dragonflies have been named. Each entry is cross-referenced so the relationships between scientific authors, entomologists and others can be followed. Many entries have been contributed by the people honoured.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Medical Eponyms, Second Edition, Paperback by : Barry G. Firkin
Download or read book Dictionary of Medical Eponyms, Second Edition, Paperback written by Barry G. Firkin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-12-11 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an attractively priced softcover edition of Firkin and Whitworth's internationally popular dictionary of medical eponyms used in internal medicine. Each entry tells the meaning of the eponym and provides bibliographic information about the person. The authors' considerable scholarship and the care they devote to their work is evident in their Introduction to this updated edition of the book: "Over the years many people have condemned the use of eponyms in medical practice, but eponyms are with us to stay whether the more fastidious like it or not, and will remain as long as medicine is practiced in its present fashion. Some remain permanently while others vanish after a short moment of glory; their usage changes as much as fashion. Down syndrome for example was not used in the 1950s and only Mongolism was listed in the indices of textbooks at that time. Curious regional differences are noticeable within the same country [and] there is even greater variation from country to country. The Plummer-Vinson syndrome as it is known in the United States and Australia is referred to as the Patterson-Kelly syndrome in the United Kingdom and the Waldenstrom-Kjellberg syndrome in Scandinavia. This book is an endeavor to list eponyms used in the practice of internal medicine in most of the English-speaking countries in the world. It is hoped that it will help nurses and medical students as well as practitioners, not only to inform them as to the usage of these terms but wherever possible to indicate briefly a little of the person whose name is used eponymously."
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of Eponyms by : Robert Hendrickson
Download or read book The Dictionary of Eponyms written by Robert Hendrickson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 3500 definitions/etymologies/miniature biographies.
Book Synopsis CRC World Dictionary of Grasses by : Umberto Quattrocchi
Download or read book CRC World Dictionary of Grasses written by Umberto Quattrocchi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-04-26 with total page 2402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2008 NOMINEE The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Award for a Significant Work in Botanical or Horticultural Literature now we have easier and better access to grass data than ever before in human history. That is a marked step forward. Congratulazioni Professor Quattrocchi!-Daniel F. Austin, writing in Economic Botany &n
Book Synopsis Neurological Eponyms by : Peter J. Koehler
Download or read book Neurological Eponyms written by Peter J. Koehler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-10-26 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neurology abounds with eponyms--Babinski's sign, Guillain-Barre' syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, etc. Neurologists and neuroscientists, however, are often hazy about the origin of these terms. This book brings together 55 of the most common eponyms related to the neurological examination, neuroanatomy, and neurological diseases. The chapters have a uniform structure: a short biography, a discussion of and a quotation from the original publication, and a discussion of the subsequent evolution and significance of the eponym. Photographs of all but two of the eponymists have been included. The material is organized into sections on anatomy and pathology, symptoms and signs, reflexes and tests, clinical syndromes, and diseases and defects. The selection of eponyms was based on the frequency of use, familiarity of clinical neurologists with the concept, and the significance within neurology of the individual who coined the eponym. This volume covers some of the classic ideas in the history of clinical neurology. It will be of interest to neurologists, neuroscientists, medical historians, and their students and trainees.
Book Synopsis Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and Gynaecology by : Thomas F. Baskett
Download or read book Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and Gynaecology written by Thomas F. Baskett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few specialties have a longer or richer eponymous background than obstetrics and gynaecology. Eponyms add a human side to an increasingly technical profession and represent the historic tradition and language of the speciality. This collection aims to perpetuate the names and contributions of pioneers and offer introductory profiles to the founders in whose steps we follow. This third edition includes 26 new entries, as well as expanded detail, illustration and quotation for existing entries. Biographical data and historical and medical context are discussed for each of the 391 names, with reference to 34 countries, reflecting the field's far reaching origins. More than 1700 original references feature, alongside an extensive bibliography of more than 2500 linked references to assist readers searching for more detailed information. This is a volume for physicians, midwives, medical historians, medical ethicists and all those interested in the history and evolution of obstetrical and gynaecological treatment.
Book Synopsis Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins by : Julia Cresswell
Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins written by Julia Cresswell and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore the origin, evolution, and social history of over three thousand English language words.
Book Synopsis Jablonski's Dictionary of Syndromes & Eponymic Diseases by : Stanley Jablonski
Download or read book Jablonski's Dictionary of Syndromes & Eponymic Diseases written by Stanley Jablonski and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains definitions of eponymous and noneponymous syndromes and eponymous diseases. Discussions include pathology, metabolism, etiology, inheritance, and special characteristics.
