Taxonomy


Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Principles and Practices of Animal Taxonomy
Rebirth
Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science
The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures that Have Ever Lived
Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become
The Sceptical Botanist
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Sixty Million Years of...
 
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Lois Darling
Frogs of the World: A Guide to Every Family
Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything
Plant Systematics
Smithsonian Handbooks: Mushrooms
The Comparative Method in Evolutionary Biology (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution)
Nemesis (Magic: The Gathering: Masquerade Cycle, #2)
The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland by A.J.E. SmithBotany for All Ages by Jorie HunkenThe Wild Flower Key by Francis RoseDesigning with Palms by Jason DeweesNieuwe flora in kleur by M. Skytte Christiansen
Botany Reference Books
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N.K. Jemisin
We aren't human." "Yes. We. Are." His voice turns fierce. "I don't give a shit what the something-somethingth council of big important farts decreed, or how the geomests classify things, or any of that. That we're not human is just the lie they tell themselves so they don't have to feel bad about how they treat us. ...more
N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

There have been many authorities who have asserted that the basis of science lies in counting or measuring, i.e. in the use of mathematics. Neither counting nor measuring can however be the most fundamental processes in our study of the material universe—before you can do either to any purpose you must first select what you propose to count or measure, which presupposes a classification.
Roy A. Crowson

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