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003    OCoLC 
005    20090813195309.0 
008    090421t20092009nyua     b    001 0 eng   
010      2009014332 
020    9780393061970|qhardcover|c$27.95 
020    0393061973|qhardcover 
035    (OCoLC)286488109 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dUPZ|dC#P|dBWX|dABG|dWHP 
049    WHPP 
050 00 QH83|b.Y66 2009 
082 00 570.1/4|222 
082  4 508 
100 1  Yoon, Carol Kaesuk. 
245 10 Naming nature :|bthe clash between instinct and science /
       |cCarol Kaesuk Yoon. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bW.W. Norton,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    viii, 344 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-317) and 
       index. 
505 0  The strange case of the fish that wasn't -- The search for
       the natural order begins. The little oracle ; Miracle in a
       barnacle ; What rock bottom looks like -- A vision 
       illuminated. A surprise in the Tower of Babel ; The Umwelt
       among babies and the brain-damaged ; Wog's legacy -- A 
       science is born. Taxonomy by the numbers ; Better taxonomy
       through chemistry ; The death of the fish -- A vision 
       reclaimed. This strange notion ; Beyond science. 
520    This surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply 
       human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world 
       illuminates science's limitations and the urgency of 
       staying connected to the natural world by using familiar, 
       rather than scientific, names. 
650  0 Biology|vClassification. 
650  0 Biology|vNomenclature. 
650  0 Biology|xNomenclature (Popular) 
650  0 Science|vMiscellanea. 
994    02|bWHP