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Author Wilkins, John S., 1955-

Title Species : a history of the idea / John S. Wilkins.

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  578.012 W656s 2009    ---  Available
Description xiv, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Species and systematics ; v. 1
Species and systematics ; v. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue -- The classical era: science by division -- The medieval bridge -- Species and the birth of modern science -- The early nineteenth century: a period of change -- Darwin and the Darwinians -- The species problem arises -- The synthesis and species -- Modern debates -- Reproductive isolation concepts -- Evolutionary species concepts -- Phylogenetic species concepts -- Other species concepts -- Historical summary and conclusions.
Subject Species -- History.
Species -- Philosophy.
ISBN 9780520260856 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520260856 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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