A Guide to the Study of Fishes (Vol. 1&2) (eBook)

Complete Edition

David Starr Jordan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
920 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-633812904-8 (EAN)

Infos

This book is a Victorian-era guide to the study of fishes from morphology and division into biological classes to the description of habitats. A learner will be interested in the abundance of facts and details about such topics like the build of the fish, the morphology (the organs of nutrition, the organs of perspiration, the skeleton, etc. ), the instincts of fishes and their ability to adapt to environment, notes on the history of ichthyology and much more. The book is filled with clear and informative illustrations.

Autor

David Starr Jordan (1851 – 1931) was one of the founders of Stanford University, ichthyologist, essayist and president of Indiana University. He was most famous for his theory of eugenics, in which he insisted that the breeding of people should be performed like the breeding of animals, where the strongest individuals should receive a priority. He expressed his ideas in a number of political essays an was a strong proponent of compulsory sterilization.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.10.2021
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: Adaptation in fishes • biological classification • Environmental habitats • Fish anatomy descriptions • Historical scientific study • Ichthyology guide • Illustrated morphology • Illustrated scientific text • Naturalist research methods • Victorian natural history