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How Zoologists Organize Things - The Art of Classification (Hardcover)
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How Zoologists Organize Things - The Art of Classification (Hardcover)
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Humankind's fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter
of survival - differentiating the edible from the toxic, the
ferocious from the tractable. Since then, our compulsion to
catalogue wildlife has played a key role in growing our
understanding of the planet and ourselves, inspiring religious
beliefs and evolving scientific theories. The book unveils wild
truths and even wilder myths about animals, as perpetuated by
zoologists - revealing how much more there is to learn, and
unlearn. Long before Darwin, our ancestors were obsessed with the
visual similarities and differences between the animals. Early
scientists could sense there was an order that unified all life and
formulated a variety of schemes to help illustrate this. This human
quest to classify living beings has left us with a rich artistic
legacy, from the folklore and religiosity of the ancient and
Medieval world through the naturalistic cataloging of the
Enlightenment to the modern, computer-generated classificatory
labyrinth. This book tells the fascinating, visual story of this
process. The wonderful zoological charts reflect prevailing
artistic trends and scientific discoveries, as well as telling us
as much about ourselves as they do about the creatures depicted.
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