A reevaluation of the history of biological systematics that discusses the formative years of the so-called natural system of classification in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Shows how classifications came to be treated as conventions; systematic practice was not linked to clearly articulated theory; there was general confusion over the "shape" of nature; botany, elements of natural history, and systematics were conflated; and systematics took a position near the bottom of the hierarchy of sciences.
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A reevaluation of the history of biological systematics that discusses the formative years of the so-called natural system of classification in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Shows how classifications came to be treated as conventions; systematic practice was not linked to clearly articulated theory; there was general confusion over the "shape" of nature; botany, elements of natural history, and systematics were conflated; and systematics took a position near the bottom of the hierarchy of sciences.
Imprint | Columbia University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | December 1994 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | December 1994 |
Authors | Peter Stevens |
Dimensions | 236 x 162 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Trade binding |
Pages | 616 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-06440-8 |
Barcode | 9780231064408 |
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LSN | 0-231-06440-3 |