Ebook {Epub PDF} Naming Nature by Carol Kaesuk Yoon

Advance praise for Naming Nature: "Original, delightful, and wise Yoon descends from the best writers of popular science, Stephen Jay Gould and Brian Greene among them."-Sue Halpern, author of Four Wings and a Prayer: Caught in the Mystery of the Monarch Butterfly "Naming Nature will be enjoyed by every biologist, birder, and general nature lover."-Paul R. Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Cited by: Now, as Carol Kaesuk Yoon, biologist and longtime science writer for the New York Times, reminds us in Naming Nature, taxonomy is critically important, because it turns out to be much more than mere science. It is also the latest incarnation of a long-unrecognized human practice that has gone on across the globe, in every culture, in every language since before time: the deeply human act of ordering and /5(56).  · Carol Kaesuk Yoon received her Ph.D. PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University and has been writing about biology for The New York Times since Her articles have also appeared in Science, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles www.doorway.ru: Norton, W. W. Company, Inc.

Buy Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science Illustrated by Yoon, Carol Kaesuk (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. NAMING NATURE The Clash Between Instinct and Science. By Carol Kaesuk Yoon. Norton, $ Evolutionary theory has caused rifts within science, not just outside it. Yoon's clever "Naming. Her book, Naming Nature, won the Washington State Book Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology. Learn more about Dr. Yoon's life and work on her website. Ecologist Profile. Carol Yoon's career path is as roundabout as it is interesting.

Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science. by Carol Kaesuk Yoon. – Reviewed by Jodie Liu. When Carol Yoon became a biologist, she prepared herself to see for the first time “a truly scientific ordering of life.”. As is the case with many scientists, it never occurred to Yoon to doubt the supremacy of science. Naming Nature — Carol Kaesuk Yoon. This is the hardcover which isn’t nearly as pretty as the hummingbird spangled paperback version. This book grew out of a long personal fascination with taxonomy - or the ordering of the living world by scientists. Despite a reputation as a dull and fusty librarian-type practice for zoologists and botanists, taxonomy, in reality, is something much grander. Carol Kaesuk Yoon received her Ph.D. PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from Cornell University and has been writing about biology for The New York Times since Her articles have also appeared in Science, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times.