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About the book
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. Why on earth has the entirely land-loving Eastern Mole been named Scalopus aquaticus, or the Oxford Ragwort been called Senecio squalidus - 'dirty old man'? What were naturalists thinking when they called a beetle Agra katewinsletae, a genus of fish Batman, and a Trilobite Han solo? Why ...Show more
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ISBN
9781408816981
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published year
2015
Language
English
Original title
The Naming of the Shrew
Format
Hardcover
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