Kingdom of ants : José Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World
Wilson, Edward O.2010
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Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in 18th-century South America retrieves Mutis's contributions from obscurity.
Main title:
Kingdom of ants : José Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World / Edward O. Wilson and José Gómez Durán.
Imprint:
Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Collation:
95 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780801897856 (hbk)0801897858 (hbk)
Dewey class:
595.7'96'092
Language:
English
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BRN:
1007758
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