02353cam a2200337 4500 531145640 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781408820353 1408820358 B00OH5O12W Amazon 6a1f59c7-8b56-4dfe-8943-25758302f7e4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1991825 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wright, John. The Naming of the Shrew [Libby] : A Curious History of Latin Names. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 9MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Foreign Language Study. Language Arts. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>Latin names—frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel—have been annoying the layman since they first became formalised as scientific terms in the eighteenth century.</p> <p>Why on earth has the entirely land-loving Eastern Mole been named <i>Scalopus aquaticus</i>, or the Oxford Ragwort been called <i>Senecio squalidus</i>—'dirty old man'? What were naturalists thinking when they called a beetle <i>Agra katewinsletae</i>, a genus of fish <i>Batman</i>, and a Trilobite <i>Han solo</i>? Why is zoology replete with names such as <i>Chloris chloris chloris</i> (the greenfinch), and <i>Gorilla gorilla gorilla</i> (a species of, well gorilla)?</p> <p><i>The Naming of the Shrew</i> will unveil these mysteries, exploring the history, celebrating their poetic nature and revealing how naturalists sometimes get things so terribly wrong. With wonderfully witty style and captivating narrative, this book will make you see Latin names in a whole new light.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/naming-of-the-6a1f59?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/naming-of-the-6a1f59?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/naming-of-the-6a1f59?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)