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Item specifics
- Condition
- Subject Area
- Natural History
- ISBN
- 9780801897856
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801897858
ISBN-13
9780801897856
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102959678
Product Key Features
Book Title
Kingdom of Ants : José Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World
Number of Pages
120 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Animals / Insects & Spiders, Environmentalists & Naturalists, History, Life Sciences / Biology, Science & Technology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-011046
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Edward O. Wilson, one of those rare scientists who can make biology and science history not only readable but entertaining, has written a book that holds the reader's attention from beginning to end., A unique glance into the early world of science exploration, Kingdom of Ants is a delight to read and filled with intriguing information., ""A unique glance into the early world of science exploration, Kingdom of Ants is a delight to read and filled with intriguing information."", By coupling excerpts from Mutis's forgotten diaries with recent findings on ant eating habits, reproductive behaviors, and emigration patterns, the authors give new relevance to one of the New World's oldest natural history studies. This interesting writing technique helps readers understand the continual nature of the process of scientific inquiry.
Dewey Decimal
595.79/6092
Table Of Content
Prologue 1. Who Was Mutis? 2. The Making of an Eighteenth-Century Naturalist 3. The Scientific Contributions of José Celestino Mutis 4. Mutis Seeks Advice 5. Mutis Begins His Study of Ants 6. Ants Are Transported by Ships 7. Ant Plants and Plant Ants 8. Mutis Learns about the Mule-Train (Leafcutter) Ants 9. Unending Struggles against the Mule-Train Ants 10. Ant Wars 11. Mutis Solves the Mystery of the Nomadic Pataloas 12. Mutis Measures the Size of an Army-Ant Colony 13. Mutis Tracks the Armies of Ants 14. Mutis Studies the Gender of Ants and Makes an Amazing Discovery 15. Mutis' Other Ants 16. How Good a Scientist Was Mutis? Epilogue Acknowledgments
Synopsis
One of the earliest New World naturalists, José Celestino Mutis began his professional life as a physician in Spain and ended it as a scientist and natural philosopher in modern--day Colombia. Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in eighteenth--century South America ......, One of the earliest New World naturalists, José Celestino Mutis began his professional life as a physician in Spain and ended it as a scientist and natural philosopher in modern-day Colombia. Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in eighteenth-century South America retrieves Mutis's contributions from obscurity. In 1760, the 28-year-old Mutis--newly appointed as the personal physician of the Viceroy of the New Kingdom of Granada--embarked on a 48-year exploration of the natural world of northern South America. His thirst for knowledge led Mutis to study the region's flora, become a professor of mathematics, construct the first astronomical observatory in the Western Hemisphere, and amass one of the largest scientific libraries in the world. He translated Newton's writings and penned essays about Copernicus; lectured extensively on astronomy, geography, and meteorology; and eventually became a priest. But, as two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward O. Wilson and Spanish natural history scholar José M. Gómez Durán reveal in this enjoyable and illustrative account, one of Mutis's most magnificent accomplishments involved ants. Acting at the urging of Carl Linnaeus--the father of taxonomy--shortly after he arrived in the New Kingdom of Granada, Mutis began studying the ants that swarmed everywhere. Though he lacked any entomological training, Mutis built his own classification for the species he found and named at a time when New World entomology was largely nonexistent. His unorthodox catalog of army ants, leafcutters, and other six-legged creatures found along the banks of the Magdalena provided a starting point for future study. Wilson and Durán weave a compelling, fast-paced story of ants on the march and the eighteenth-century scientist who followed them. A unique glance into the early world of science exploration, Kingdom of Ants is a delight to read and filled with intriguing information., One of the earliest New World naturalists, José Celestino Mutis began his professional life as a physician in Spain and ended it as a scientist and natural philosopher in modern--day Colombia. Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in eighteenth--century South America retrieves Mutis's contributions from obscurity.In 1760, the 28--year--old Mutis -- newly appointed as the personal physician of the Viceroy of the New Kingdom of Granada -- embarked on a 48--year exploration of the natural world of northern South America. His thirst for knowledge led Mutis to study the region's flora, become a professor of mathematics, construct the first astronomical observatory in the Western Hemisphere, and amass one of the largest scientific libraries in the world. He translated Newton's writings and penned essays about Copernicus; lectured extensively on astronomy, geography, and meteorology; and eventually became a priest. But, as two--time Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward O. Wilson and Spanish natural history scholar José M. Gómez Durán reveal in this enjoyable and illustrative account, one of Mutis's most magnificent accomplishments involved ants. Acting at the urging of Carl Linnaeus -- the father of taxonomy -- shortly after he arrived in Granada, Mutis began studying the ants that swarmed everywhere. Though he lacked any entomological training, Mutis built his own classification for the species he found and named at a time when New World entomology was largely nonexistent. His unorthodox catalog of army ants, leafcutters, and other six--legged creatures found along the banks of the Magdalena provided a starting point for future study.Wilson and Durán weave a compelling, fast--paced story of ants on the march and the eighteenth--century scientist who followed them. A unique glance into the early world of science exploration, Kingdom of Ants is a delight to read and filled with intriguing information., One of the earliest New World naturalists, Jos Celestino Mutis began his professional life as a physician in Spain and ended it as a scientist and natural philosopher in modern-day Colombia. Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in eighteenth-century South America retrieves Mutis's contributions from obscurity. In 1760, the 28-year-old Mutis--newly appointed as the personal physician of the Viceroy of the New Kingdom of Granada--embarked on a 48-year exploration of the natural world of northern South America. His thirst for knowledge led Mutis to study the region's flora, become a professor of mathematics, construct the first astronomical observatory in the Western Hemisphere, and amass one of the largest scientific libraries in the world. He translated Newton's writings and penned essays about Copernicus; lectured extensively on astronomy, geography, and meteorology; and eventually became a priest. But, as two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward O. Wilson and Spanish natural history scholar Jos M. G mez Dur n reveal in this enjoyable and illustrative account, one of Mutis's most magnificent accomplishments involved ants. Acting at the urging of Carl Linnaeus--the father of taxonomy--shortly after he arrived in the New Kingdom of Granada, Mutis began studying the ants that swarmed everywhere. Though he lacked any entomological training, Mutis built his own classification for the species he found and named at a time when New World entomology was largely nonexistent. His unorthodox catalog of army ants, leafcutters, and other six-legged creatures found along the banks of the Magdalena provided a starting point for future study. Wilson and Dur n weave a compelling, fast-paced story of ants on the march and the eighteenth-century scientist who followed them. A unique glance into the early world of science exploration, Kingdom of Ants is a delight to read and filled with intriguing information.
LC Classification Number
QK31.M8W55 2010
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