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The Art of Naming

Author : Michael Ohl
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262037769
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Naming written by Michael Ohl and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Names of Science

Author : Helge Kragh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198917465
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (989 download)

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Download or read book The Names of Science written by Helge Kragh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of science is echoed in the development of its language and the names chosen for its technical terms. The Names of Science examines in detail how, over time, new words have entered the scientific lexicon and how some of them, but far from all, have survived to the present. Why is a transistor called a transistor and not something else? Why was the term 'scientist' only coined in 1834, and why was the name regarded as controversial for a long time afterwards? There is a story behind every scientific word we use today. In this work, Helge Kragh tells many of these stories, taking a broad historical perspective from the Renaissance to the present. By combining elements of linguistics with the history of the natural sciences including physics, chemistry, and astronomy, this book offers a new and innovative perspective on the historical development of the natural sciences. Following an introductory list of useful linguistic terms, the book is structured in six chapters, which cover important phases in the history of science, dealing with a vast range of scientific terminology from physics, chemistry, geology, astronomy, to cosmology. It also considers, if only briefly, how English - and not, say, Latin or French - developed to become the internationally accepted language of science. Contrary to other works dealing with the subject, The Names of Science pays serious attention to the historical dimension of scientific language, and to the way in which scientists have, sometimes unconsciously, acted as linguists and neologists in their research work.

Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, with Scientific Names Index: Volume II: Scientific Names Index

Author : Elaine Nowick
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1609620607
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, with Scientific Names Index: Volume II: Scientific Names Index written by Elaine Nowick and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing thousands of entries of both vernacular and scientific names of Great Plains plants, the literature that informs this exhaustive listing spans nearly 300 years. Author Elaine Nowick has drawn from sources as diverse as Linnaeus, Lewis and Clark, and local university extension publications to compile the gamut of practical, and often fanciful, common plant names used over the years. Each common name is accompanied by a definitive scientific name with references and authority information. Interspersed with scientifically-correct botanical line drawings, the entries are written in standard ICBN format, making this a useful volume for scholars as well as lay enthusiasts alike. Volume 2 indexes the scientific names of those species, followed by listings of all the common names applied to them. Both volumes refer the common and scientific names back to a list of 190 pertinent authoritative sources.

Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486131629
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science written by Martin Gardner and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fair, witty appraisal of cranks, quacks, and quackeries of science and pseudoscience: hollow earth, Velikovsky, orgone energy, Dianetics, flying saucers, Bridey Murphy, food and medical fads, and much more.

Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider

Author : Stephen B. Heard
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300252692
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Charles Darwin’s Barnacle and David Bowie’s Spider written by Stephen B. Heard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Latin Names Explained

Author : Arthur Frederick Gotch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816033775
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Latin Names Explained written by Arthur Frederick Gotch and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the meanings of the Latin names of over 4,000 individual species, and gives a translation of the Latin name

Code International de Nomenclature Zoologique

Author : International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780853010036
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Code International de Nomenclature Zoologique written by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Molecules with Silly Or Unusual Names

Author : Paul W. May
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1848162073
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Molecules with Silly Or Unusual Names written by Paul W. May and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2008 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular science book shows that chemists do have a sense of humor, and this book is a celebration of the quirky side of scientific nomenclature. Here, some molecules are shown that have unusual, rude, ridiculous or downright silly names. Written in an easy-to-read style, anyone ? not just scientists ? can appreciate the content. Each molecule is illustrated with a photograph and/or image that relates directly or indirectly to its name and molecular structure. Thus, the book is not only entertaining, but also educational.

They Gave Their Names to Science

Author : Daniel Stephen Halacy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780356028415
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book They Gave Their Names to Science written by Daniel Stephen Halacy and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter's Wolf

Author : Peter Wothers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199652724
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter's Wolf written by Peter Wothers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the elements get their names? The origins of californium may be obvious, but what about oxygen? Investigating their origins takes Peter Wothers deep into history. Drawing on a wide variety of original sources, he brings to light the astonishing, the unusual, and the downright weird origins behind the element names we take for granted.

CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names

Author : Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0849326788
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)

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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.

How Plants Get Their Names

Author : Liberty Hyde Bailey
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048620796X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book How Plants Get Their Names written by Liberty Hyde Bailey and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1963-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With "knowledge, authority, charm and eloquence," author explains reasons for scientific nomenclature, history of terms, components, other helpful material.

Science

Author : John Michels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 960 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Science written by John Michels and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1911-13 contain the Proceedings of the Helminothological Society of Washington, ISSN 0018-0120, 1st-15th meeting.

The geographical word-expositor; or, Names and terms occurring in the science of geography

Author : Edwin Adams (of Chelmsford.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The geographical word-expositor; or, Names and terms occurring in the science of geography written by Edwin Adams (of Chelmsford.) and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Geographical Word-expositor; Or, Names and Terms Occurring in the Science of Geography, Etymologically and Otherwise Explained ...

Author : Edwin Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
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Download or read book The Geographical Word-expositor; Or, Names and Terms Occurring in the Science of Geography, Etymologically and Otherwise Explained ... written by Edwin Adams and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Author : Edwin ADAMS (of the Grammar School, Chelmsford.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Geographical Word-Expositor; Or, Names and Terms Occurring in the Science of Geography Etymologically and Otherwise Explained, Etc written by Edwin ADAMS (of the Grammar School, Chelmsford.) and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology written by Isaac Asimov and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each entry gives short to lengthy biographical information. Subject and name index.