Author: JOHN WRIGHT
Title: Naming of the Shrew. Curious history of latin names
Description: Bloomsbury. Paperback. Pp: 320. Latin names " frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel " have been annoying the layman since they first became formalised as scientific terms in the eighteenth century. The Naming of the Shrew will unveil the mysteries, celebrating their poetic nature and revealing with wonderfully witty style how naturalists sometimes get things so terribly wrong. ISBN: 9781408865552. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: Naming of the Shrew. Curious history of latin names
Description: Bloomsbury. Paperback. Pp: 320. Latin names " frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel " have been annoying the layman since they first became formalised as scientific terms in the eighteenth century. The Naming of the Shrew will unveil the mysteries, celebrating their poetic nature and revealing with wonderfully witty style how naturalists sometimes get things so terribly wrong. ISBN: 9781408865552. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781408865552
Price: EUR 8.50 = appr. US$ 9.24 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1684096
- Book number: 1684096
See more books from our catalog: Geschiedenis