Specimens: The Spirit of Zoology

商家名称	信用等级	购买信息	订购本书
		Specimens: The Spirit of Zoology
		Specimens: The Spirit of Zoology

基本信息·出版社：The Natural History Museum
·页码：64 页
·出版日期：2003年08月
·ISBN：0565091786
·条形码：9780565091781
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：标本: 动物园中的精灵

内容简介 From the 17th century onwards, waves of natural history collectors set out from many countries to different parts of the world to discover what animals were out there. Some of these specimens, such as the "wet" specimens, were preserved in alcohol in natural history collections for scientists to study and marvel at. These collections are continually added to today. Why are they kept? What do scientists learn from these specimens? How are they used? "Specimens" answers all these questions and more in a lively and informative story about these specimens; their history, their use and their preservation. Illustrated with awe-inspiring images of a selection of the 22 million "wet" specimens housed at the Natural History Museum's Darwin Centre, London, this is both a photographic and scientific encounter.
作者简介 Phil Rainbow has been the Keeper of Zoology at The Natural History Museum since 1997, after more than twenty years as a don at the University of London. He is a marine biologist, with particular research interests in barnacles and other crustaceans, heavy metals, and tropical marine habitats such as mangrove swamps.

Roger Lincoln joined the Zoology Department at The Natural History Museum in 1969 after completing his PhD. He went straight into the Crustacea Section and began work on the taxonomy and systematics of amphipods and isopods - the groups that were to become his long-term specialism. He is presently Collections Leader and Deputy Head of Department in Zoology and has had a close involvement in the design and development of the new Darwin Centre.
专业书评 Marine Pollution Bulletin, 49 (2004) 878
'a delightful little book...buy a copy of this inexpensive little book as a gift for a non-scientifically minded relative!'

查看更多 下一篇