Naming nature : the clash between instinct and science / Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Imprint
New York : W.W. Norton, c2009
Copies
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Status
CCQ - Lusail Female Library
QH83
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CCQ - Lusail Male Library
QH83
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Edition
1st ed
Description
viii, 344 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-317) and index
Summary
This surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world illuminates science's limitations and the urgency of staying connected to the natural world by using familiar, rather than scientific,