Milestones in Systematics
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 12. May 2004
Book
Hardback
308 pages
978-0-415-28032-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Presenting a historical analysis of the evolution of systematics during the last one hundred years, Milestones in Systematics reviews many of the major issues in systematic theory and practice that have driven the working methods of systematics during the 20th century and looks at the issues most likely to preoccupy systematists in the immediate future.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Professional Reference
Illustrations
60 s/w Abbildungen, 2 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
2 Halftones, black and white; 60 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-28032-7 (9780415280327)
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David M. Williams | Peter L. Forey
Milestones in Systematics
Book
06/2019
1st Edition
CRC Press
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David M. Williams | Peter L. Forey
Milestones in Systematics
E-Book
05/2004
1st Edition
CRC Press
€89.99
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David M. Williams | Peter L. Forey
Milestones in Systematics
E-Book
05/2004
1st Edition
CRC Press
€89.99
Available for download
Persons
David M. Williams, Peter L. Forey
Content
Introduction. Setting Up Milestones: Sneath on Adanson and Mayr on Darwin. Launching the Society of Systematic Zoology in 1947. Explanations in Systematics. What Happens if the Language of Science Happens to Break Down in Systematics? - A Popperian Perspective. Hennig's Phylogenetic Systematics Bought Up-to-date. The Arrested Development of Cladistics. Systematics and Paleontology. Parsimony and Computers. Homology and Homologues, Cladistics and Phenetics: 100 Years of Progress. From Dispersal to Geographic Congruence: Comments on Cladistic Biogeography in the 20th Century. The Fall and Rise of Evolutionary Developmental Biology.