Ordering Life: Karl Jordan and the Naturalist Tradition
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (500 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1421406004 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kristin Johnson is an assistant professor of science, technology, and society at the University of Puget Sound.
Jorge E. Llorente Bousquets said Money, Travels and entomological collections.. Money, Travels and entomological collections.This is the best book about naturalist tradition in systematic entomology in Century XX. Karl Jordan and Walter Rothschild epitomize this period.
(Science News)Ordering Life, by Kristin Johnson, is one part biography to three parts history and philosophy of science. (Ian Paulsen, GrrlScientist Guardian)A very readable account of the long-lived naturalist/entomologist Karl Jordan (1861-1959). (Midwest Book Review)Karl Jordan’s innovative methods of classifying insect species are highlighted in this biography of the early 20th century entomologist. (Mark V. (Choice)Any college-level natural history holding will find this enlightening. (Malcolm J. Johnson’s far-reaching and insightful account not only sheds new light on the many internal and external challenges that naturalists faced in the later part of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, it also reveals the power of scientific biography in making sense of the complex,
The broader social context in which scientists work is just as important to the project of naming, describing, classifying, and, ultimately, explaining life.. Kristin Johnson traces his response to these changes and shows that creating scientific knowledge about the natural world depends on much more than just good method or robust theory. Jordan made an effort to both practice good taxonomy and secure status and patronage in a world that would soon be transformed by wars and economic and political upheaval. For centuries naturalists have endeavored to name, order, and explain biological diversity. Ordering Life explores the career of this prominent figure as he worked to ensure a continued role for natural history museums and the field of taxonomy in the rapidly changing world of twentieth-century science. Karl Jordan (1861–1959) dedicated his long life to this effort, describing thous