Aristotle's Ladder, Darwin's tree : the evolution of visual metaphors for biological order
Leading paleontologist J. David Archibald explores the rich history of visual metaphors for biological order from ancient times to the present and their influence on humans' perception of their place in nature, offering uncommon insight into how we went from standing on the top rung of the biol...
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| Natura: | Livre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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New York, NY :
Columbia University Press
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès INSA CVL |
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J. David Archibald is professor emeritus of biology at San Diego State University as well as curator of mammals in the SDSU Vertebrate Collections. He has written or coedited more than 150 articles and 6 books, including The Rise of Placental Mammals: Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades and Extinction and Radiation: How the Fall of Dinosaurs Led to the Rise of Mammals Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher s Web site, viewed September 10 2015) La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 256 p. Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) corpus Sciences de l'ingénieur |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |