Jose M Gomez Duran

Kingdom of Ants

• Author(s): Edward O. Wilson, José M. Gómez Durán

• Categories: Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2010-11-01
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• Publisher: JHU Press

One of the earliest New World naturalists, José Celestino Mutis began his professional life as a physician in Spain and ended it as a scientist and natural philosopher in modern-day Colombia. Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in eighteenth-century South America retrieves Mutis's contributions from obscurity. In 1760, the 28-year-old Mutis—newly appointed as the personal physician of the Viceroy of the New Kingdom of Granada—embarked on a 48-year exploration of the natural world of northern South America. His thirst for knowledge led Mutis to study the region's flora, become a professor of mathematics, constru...

Miscellaneous Documents

• Author(s): United States. Congress. House

• Categories: United States

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1869
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Who's who in Science in Europe

• Author(s): Longman Publishing Group

• Categories: Science

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1991
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Bulletin

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1897
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861 to 1865: Nevada M548-1, Washington Territory M558-1, Oregon M553-1, Arizona Territory M532-1, Dakota Territory M536-1, Utah Territory M556-1, Nebraska Territory M547-1

• Author(s): Janet Hewett

• Categories: United States

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2000
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• Publisher: Unknown

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