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The Feathery Tribe: Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds

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 | #476000 in Books |  Yale University Press |  2012-03-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x1.00 x6.12l,1.50 | File type: PDF | 368 pages

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||7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| A Soaring Tribute|By Julianne Lutz Warren|This book gives long due tribute to the shy, impassioned man, the Smithsonian's first curator of birds, who was so instrumental to the emergence of professional ornithology. It does so as it masterfully explores the history of that science. It also helps us better understand how science is practiced today, including tensions between ind| |"Lewis's masterful biography of Ridgway gives us insight into what it meant to be a biologist in the late 19th century. It fills a critical gap in our understanding of the emergence of the life sciences and the nature of the scientific profession."--Paul Farb

Amateurs and professionals studying birds at the end of the nineteenth century were a contentious, passionate group with goals that intersected, collided and occasionally merged in their writings and organizations. Driven by a desire to advance science, as well as by ego, pride, honor, insecurity, religion and other clashing sensibilities, they struggled to absorb the implications of evolution after Darwin. In the process, they dramatically reshaped the study of birds...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Feathery Tribe: Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds   |  Daniel Lewis. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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