The art of naming / Michael Ohl ; translated by Elisabeth Lauffer.
"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 joy...
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| Other title: | Kunst der Benennung. English. |
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The MIT Press,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Hitler and the Fledermaus
- How species get their names
- Words, proper names, individuals
- Types and the materiality of names
- The curio collection of animal names
- "I shall name this beetle after my beloved wife ..."
- "A new species a day"
- Who counts the species, names the names?
- Naming nothing
- Epilogue: on labeling.