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Contemporary Acarology
This book gathers papers presented at the annual meetings of the Acarological Society of America (ASA), jointly organized with the Entomological Society of America. The ASA plans to publish presentations from its annual meetings on a yearly basis; this book represents the first in the series.
Micromammals and Macroparasites
This book provides a comprehensive survey of the diversity and biology of metazoan parasites affecting small mammals, of their impact on host individuals and populations, and of the management implications of these parasites for conservation biology and human welfare. Designed for a broad, multidisciplinary audience, the book is an essential resource for researchers, students, and practitioners alike.
Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider
An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance, "More fun than you've ever had with taxonomy in your whole entire life!" (Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series and PhD in Quantitative Behavioral Ecology) Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informative, and accessible history examines the fascinating stories behind taxonomic nomenclature, from Linnaeus himself naming a small and unpleasant weed after a rival bot...
The Stockholm Paradigm
The contemporary crisis of emerging disease has been a century and a half in the making. Human, veterinary, and crop health practitioners convinced themselves that disease could be controlled by medicating the sick, vaccinating those at risk, and eradicating the parts of the biosphere responsible for disease transmission. Evolutionary biologists assured themselves that coevolution between pathogens and hosts provided a firewall against disease emergence in new hosts. Most climate scientists made no connection between climate changes and disease. None of these traditional perspectives anticipated the onslaught of emerging infectious diseases confronting humanity today. As this book reveals, a...
생물의 이름에는 이야기가 있다
찰스 다윈의 따개비, 데이비드 보위의 거미, 히틀러의 딱정벌레… 생물들은 왜 그런 이름을 갖게 되었을까? 과학적 발견과 인간 본성의 세계로 안내하는 학명 뒤에 숨겨진 놀라운 이야기들 세계 공통으로 사용하는 생물의 공식적인 이름 학명, 그중에서도 사람 이름을 딴 학명에 얽힌 이야기를 통해 ‘인간적인 활동’으로서의 과학을 조명한다. 과학자들이 사람 이름을 따서 학명을 짓는 데는 여러 이유가 있다. 어떤 과학자는 생물의 이름을 통해 박물학자, 탐험가, 또는 영웅에게 존경을 표한다. 어떤 과학자는 스승이나 후원...
物種與人類世：20世紀的動植物知識
★臺灣學界近代中西分類知識系譜研究的問路創舉之作 ★國立中興大學永續農業創新發展研究中心 「農業、環境與人文」子計畫成果 物種與人類世的概念都是基於科學事實而來，而此些事實一定涉及特定的社會文化脈絡。本書是讓我們得以窺見這些脈絡的窗口。——國立臺灣大學地理系副教授 洪廣冀 物種課題是理解自然與人類歷史的重要線索。——國立陽明交通大學榮譽退休教授 曾華璧 【誠摯推薦】 國立陽明交通大學人社系助理教授 朱華瑄 天津南開大學歷史學院副教授 黃相輔 北京清華大學科學史系副教授 陸伊驪 聚...
