If you have an hour or two to spare check out this webpage - www.curioustaxonomy.net
Find out how Kryoryctes cadburyi got its name, or Notamacrocarpus, and many many more. They're all funny, interesting or curious.
Showing posts with label taxonomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taxonomy. Show all posts
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Monday, 3 March 2008
Order! Order!
More on the naming and arranging of all things natural- taxonomy.
Isaac Asimov wrote 'The card-player begins by arranging his hand for maximum sense. Scientists do the same with the facts they gather.' And Stephen Jay Gould said 'Classifications both reflect and direct our thinking. The way we order represents the way we think. Historical changes in classification are fossilized indicators of conceptual revolutions.' (I googled but can't find the source for either statement but both are quoted in Botany by Moore, Clark and Vodopich.)
PS. Message to Snail. Yours was the featured blog when I opened up the Nature Blog Network page this morning.
Isaac Asimov wrote 'The card-player begins by arranging his hand for maximum sense. Scientists do the same with the facts they gather.' And Stephen Jay Gould said 'Classifications both reflect and direct our thinking. The way we order represents the way we think. Historical changes in classification are fossilized indicators of conceptual revolutions.' (I googled but can't find the source for either statement but both are quoted in Botany by Moore, Clark and Vodopich.)
PS. Message to Snail. Yours was the featured blog when I opened up the Nature Blog Network page this morning.
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