How Zoologists Organize Things
the art of classification
$39.60
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2025
Summary
Untamed: A Visual History of Zoological Classification
Humankind’s fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter of survival - differentiating the edible from the toxic, the ferocious from the tractable. Since then, our compulsion to catalogue wildlife has played a key role in growing our understanding of the planet and ourselves, inspiring religious beliefs and evolving scientific theories. The book unveils wild truths and even wilder myths about animals, as perpetuated by …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836006503 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1836006500 |
| Author: | David Bainbridge |
| Publisher: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Frances Lincoln |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 790g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 171mm x 23mm |
About The Author
David Bainbridge
David Bainbridge is a reproductive biologist, popular science writer, and the Clinical Veterinary Anatomist in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. As well as many academic and clinical publications, he has written seven popular science books, widely reviewed, discussed and translated. He is a fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, whose alumni include John Ray, the originator of the biological term “species.” David Bainbridge is the definitive voice on zoology classification.
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