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Classification of plants and animals is of basic interest to
biologists in all fields because correct formulation and
generalization are based on sound taxonomy. This book by a world
authority relates traditional taxonomic studies to developments in
biochemical and other fields. It provides guidelines for the
integration of modern and traditional methods and explains the
underlying principles and philosophy of systematics. The problems
of zoological, botanical, and paleontological classifi cation are
dealt with in great detail and microbial systematics briefly.
Classification of plants and animals is of basic interest to
biologists in all fields because correct formulation and
generalization are based on sound taxonomy. This book by a world
authority relates traditional taxonomic studies to recent
developments in biochemical and other fields. It provides
guidelines for the integration of modern and traditional methods
and explains the underlying principles and philosophy of
systematics. The problems of zoological, botanical, and
paleontological classification are dealt with in great detail and
microbial systematics briefly. Science may be defined as the
rational and objective study of the external universe by human
beings. Whether the study of man himself is included, as part of
science will depend on how we interpret 'human beings' in this
definition. If we regard humanity as in essence an assemblage of
isolated individuals, then anyone of them may regard the rest as
part of the external universe and thus as 'material' for scientific
study; on the other hand, if, humanity is regarded as essentially
one body and science as a collective rather than an individual
function, we can hardly avoid maintaining in some form or other the
traditional distinction between the sciences and the humanities.
The problems of classifying human beings will not be considered in
detail in this book, though it will appear that if the criteria
developed for other animals were applied to our own case, the
chimpanzee, the gorilla and perhaps the orangutan would join us in
the genus Homo. This book deals with questions that are of direct
relevance to the work of all biologists as well as of all
specialists in taxonomy. In addition, the clarity of the author's
exposition and his felicitous style make it challenging reading for
all undergraduate and graduate students in the biological sciences.
R.A. Crowson (1914-1999) was lecturer in Zoological Taxonomy at the
University of Glasgow. His Antipodean expedition to Australia and
New Zealand was made possible by the Leverhume research fellowship,
and he was able to explore America when the Museum of Comparative
Zoology at Harvard University appointed him to the Alexander
Agassiz visiting lectureship in 1969. The 1968 Congress of
Entomology in Moscow enabled him to meet many Russian scientists
with whom he had corresponded for several years. His wide-ranging
interests and travels allowed Dr. Crowson to bring a truly
international outlook to bear upon his subject.
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