The Development of Biological Systematics
| Author | : Peter F. Stevens |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 660 |
| Release | : 1994-12-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0231515081 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780231515085 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (085 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Development of Biological Systematics written by Peter F. Stevens and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1994-12-01 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
