Author: Georges baron CuvierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anatomy, Comparative
Languages : en
Pages : 908
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The Animal Kingdom
Author: Georges baron CuvierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anatomy, Comparative
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, Arranged According to Its Organization; Forming the Basis for a Natural History of Animals, and an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy. Mammalia, Birds, and Reptiles by Edward Blyth. The Fishes and Radiata, by Robert Mudie. The Molluscous Animals, by George Johnston ... The Articulated Animals, by J. O. Westwood ... Illustrated by Three Hundred Engravings on Wood
Author: Georges baron CuvierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Le Règne Animal Distribué D'après Son Organisation
Author: Georges baron CuvierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zoology
Languages : fr
Pages :
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The Animal Kingdom, Arranged According to Its Organization, Serving as a Foundation for the Natural History of Animals
Author: Georges baron CuvierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization
Author: Georges baron CuvierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
The Animal Kingdom
Author: Cuvier (M., Georges)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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The Animal Kingdom: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Peter HollandPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191620491
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The animal world is immensely diverse, and our understanding of it has been greatly enhanced by analysis of DNA and the study of evolution and development ('evo-devo'). In this Very Short Introduction Peter Holland presents a modern tour of the animal kingdom. Beginning with the definition of animals (not obvious in biological terms), he takes the reader through the high-level groupings of animals (phyla) and new views on their evolutionary relationships based on molecular data, together with an overview of the biology of each group of animals. The phylogenetic view is central to zoology today and the volume will be of great value to all students of the life sciences, as well as providing a concise summary for the interested general reader. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, Arranged According to Its Organization; Forming the Basis for a Natural History of Animals, and an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy. Mammalia, Birds and Reptiles
Author: Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert de Baron CuvierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
How Zoologists Organize Things
Author: David BainbridgePublisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 0711252262
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Humankind’s fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter of survival – differentiating the edible from the toxic, the ferocious from the tractable. Since then, our compulsion to catalogue wildlife has played a key role in growing our understanding of the planet and ourselves, inspiring religious beliefs and evolving scientific theories. The book unveils wild truths and even wilder myths about animals, as perpetuated by zoologists – revealing how much more there is to learn, and unlearn. Animals were among the first subjects ever drawn by humans. Long before Darwin or Watson and Crick, our ancestors studied the visual similarities and differences between the creatures which inhabit the Earth alongside us. Early savants could sense there was an order, a scheme, which unified all life. The schemes they formulated often tell us as much about ourselves as they do about the animals depicted, highlighting obsessions, fears, revelations and hopes. The human quest to classify living beings has left us with a rich artistic legacy in four great stages—the folklore and religiosity of the ancient and Medieval world; the naturalistic cataloging of the Enlightenment; the evolutionary trees and maps of the nineteenth century; and the modern, computer-hued classificatory labyrinth. The aim of this book is to tell the story of our systematization of the beasts. These charts of the zoological world parallel prevailing artistic trends and scientific discoveries, woven together with philosophical threads that run throughout: animal life as parable, a tree, a maze, a terra incognita, a mirror upon ourselves.
The Animal Kingdom
Author: Georges baron CuvierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Zoology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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