{"product_id":"discovering-birds-the-emergence-of-ornithology-as-a-scientific-discipline-1760-1850-paperback","title":"Discovering Birds: The Emergence of Ornithology as a Scientific Discipline, 1760-1850 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Lawrence Farber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this penetrating case study of the history of ornithology, Farber demonstrates interesting continuities: as natural history evolved into individual sciences (botany, geology, and zoology) and specialties (entomology and ichthyology), the study of birds emerged as a distinct scientific discipline that remained observational and taxonomic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDiscovering Birds, \u003c\/i\u003e Paul Lawrence Farber rejects the view that eighteenth-century natural history disappeared with the rise of nineteenth-century biology. In this penetrating case study of the history of ornithology, Farber demonstrates interesting continuities: as natural history evolved into individual sciences (botany, geology, and zoology) and specialties (entomology and ichthyology), the study of birds emerged as a distinct scientific discipline that remained observational and taxonomic. Ornithologists continued to see one of their primary tasks as classification, and they found no need to alter their approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir efforts were greatly aided at the end of the eighteenth century as colonization and exploration brought new dataa plethora of exotic and previously unknown birds. By the mid-nineteenth century, ornithology had become a scientific discipline with international experts, a large empirical base, and a rigorous methodology of watching and cataloging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present study is a case study of the emergence of a particular scientific discipline. I have chosen to look at ornithology for it was among the first and the most important of the separate scientific disciplines to emerge in the early nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Lawrence Farber \u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at Oregon State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.87 x 5.93 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131371589767,"sku":"9780801855375","price":56.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8ef8707c32dbf442bb9ca5baa48cb789.webp?v=1732618431","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/discovering-birds-the-emergence-of-ornithology-as-a-scientific-discipline-1760-1850-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}