{"product_id":"discovering-birds-paul-lawrence-farber-9780801855375","title":"Discovering Birds: The Emergence of Ornithology as a Scientific Discipline, 1760-1850","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Lawrence Farber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801855373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801855375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.87h x 5.93w x 0.57d","brand":"Paul Lawrence Farber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926136127743,"sku":"9780801855375","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_61306a3b-730b-4246-8bbb-3568f74b33b0.jpg?v=1681081406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/discovering-birds-paul-lawrence-farber-9780801855375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}