The Lost Species: Great Expeditions in the Collections of Natural History Museums, Kemp Christopher

Автор: Davidson Jane P.
Название: Patrons of Paleontology: How Government Support Shaped a Science
ISBN: 0253025710 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253025715
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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In the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C. Marsh, and Charles W. Gilmore. In Patrons of Paleontology, Jane Davidson explores the motivation behind this rush to fund exploration, arguing that eagerness to discover strategic resources like coal deposits was further fueled by patrons who had a genuine passion for paleontology and the fascinating creatures that were being unearthed. These early decades of government support shaped the way the discipline grew, creating practices and enabling discoveries that continue to affect paleontology today.

Автор: Darwin
Название: On the Origin of Species
ISBN: 1316610209 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316610206
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Jim Endersby`s major scholarly edition debunks some of the myths that surround Darwin`s book, and expores how it was originally written, published and read. Endersby provides a very readable introduction to this classic text and a level of scholarly apparatus unmatched by any other edition.

Автор: Neil Chambers
Название: The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 5
ISBN: 1851968393 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851968398
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Following his participation in James Cook`s circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.

Автор: Marianne Klemun; Ulrike Spring
Название: Expeditions as Experiments
ISBN: 1349845345 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349845347
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This collection focuses on different expeditions and their role in the process of knowledge acquisition from the eighteenth century onwards. It investigates various forms of scientific practice conducted during, after and before expeditions, and it places this discussion into the scientific context of experiments.

Автор: Bryant
Название: A History of Astronomy (Routledge Revivals)
ISBN: 0415746299 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415746298
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: A History of Astronomy, first published in 1907, offers a comprehensive introduction to the steady development of the science since its inception in the ancient world up to the momentous progress of the nineteenth century. It includes biographical material relating to the most famous names in the study of astronomy – Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Herschel – and their contributions, clear and accessible discussions of key discoveries, as well as detailing the incremental steps in technology with which many of the turning points in astronomy were intimately bound up.

Автор: Chambers
Название: The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 8
ISBN: 1848933800 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848933804
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Following his participation in James Cook`s circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.

Автор: Klemun
Название: Expeditions as Experiments
ISBN: 1137581050 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137581051
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This collection focuses on different expeditions and their role in the process of knowledge acquisition from the eighteenth century onwards. It investigates various forms of scientific practice conducted during, after and before expeditions, and it places this discussion into the scientific context of experiments. In treating expeditions as experiments in a heuristic sense, we also propose that the expedition is a variation on the laboratory in which different practices can be conducted and where the transformation of uncertain into certain knowledge is tested. The experimental positioning of the expedition brings together an ensemble of techniques, strategies, material agents and social actors, and illuminates the steps leading from observation to facts and documentation. The chapters show the variety of scientific interests that motivated expeditions with their focus on natural history, geology, ichthyology, botany, zoology, helminthology, speleology, physical anthropology, oceanography, meteorology and magnetism.

Автор: Bryant Walter W.
Название: A History of Astronomy (Routledge Revivals)
ISBN: 0415747368 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415747363
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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A History of Astronomy, first published in 1907, offers a comprehensive introduction to the steady development of the science since its inception in the ancient world up to the momentous progress of the nineteenth century. It includes biographical material relating to the most famous names in the study of astronomy - Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Herschel - and their contributions, clear and accessible discussions of key discoveries, as well as detailing the incremental steps in technology with which many of the turning points in astronomy were intimately bound up.