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Reading the shape of nature : comparative zoology at the Agassiz Museum / Mary P. Winsor.
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0226902153 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226902145 (hard : alk. paper)
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Winsor, Mary P
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Reading the shape of nature : comparative zoology at the Agassiz Museum / Mary P. Winsor.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
Description
xviii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Science and its conceptual foundations
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-315) and index.
Contents
1. "In the Prime of His Admirable Manhood" -- 2. "I Have Been Disappointed in My Collaborators" -- 3. "Our Work Must Be Done with Much More Precision" -- 4. "An Object Worthy of a Life's Devotion" -- 5. "The Many Plans Started by My Father" -- 6. "Shall We Say 'Ignorabimus,' or Chase a Phantom?" -- 7. "The Slender Thread Is Practically Severed" -- 8. "Results Unattainable by Museum Study Alone" -- 9. "Collections Never of Use to Anyone" -- 10. "Dependent on the Personal Feelings of the Authors" -- 11. "I Made Up My Mind That Very Day to Be Director".
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Agassiz, Alexander, -- 1835-1910
Agassiz, Louis, -- 1807-1873
Barbour, Thomas, -- 1884-1946
Harvard University. -- Museum of Comparative Zoology
Zoology -- Classification
Animals -- Classification
Natural history -- Classification
Naturalists -- United States
Series
Science and its conceptual foundations
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2022.041
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