Aristotle's ladder, Darwin's tree the evolution of visual metaphors for biological order / J. David Archibald.

Author/creator Archibald, J. David
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Descriptionxii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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Subjects

Contents Blaming aristotle -- The roots of the tree of life -- Competing visual metaphors -- Deciphering darwin's trees -- The gilded age of evolutionary trees -- The waning and waxing of darwinian trees -- Revolutions in tree building -- The paragon of animals.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 213-227) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013050622
ISBN9780231164122 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231164122 (cloth : alk. paper)

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