Discovering Birds: The Emergence of Ornithology as a Scientific Discipline, 1760-1850

by Paul Lawrence Farber

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In this penetrating case study of the history of ornithology, Farber demonstrates interesting continuities: as natural history evolved into individual sciences (botany, geology, and zoology) and specialties (entomology and ichthyology), the study of birds emerged as a distinct scientific discipline that remained observational and taxonomic.

In Discovering Birds, Paul Lawrence Farber rejects the view that eighteenth-century...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801855373

ISBN13:9780801855375

Release Date:December 1996

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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