http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... eheadlines
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As an aside, the article mentions that this is the 250th anniversary of Linnaeus (spell?) inventing the species classification system we still use today.
E.O. Wilson: Bugs essential to civilization!
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E.O. Wilson: Bugs essential to civilization!
Mike Broderick
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"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
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Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
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Well, I can relate to this, somehow. If I have to bury a fish (from my garden pond) in our garden, it takes about 2 or 3 weeks after the funeral until everything - really everything – is gone. Not even the smallest fishbone is left. This shows me how active this “hidden” life is.
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Carl von Linné (latinized to Linnaeus, as was usual in science in those days) invented the binomial system of classification which simplified botany that previously had much longer supposedly descriptive but cumbersome latin names:-
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html
In fact he published his binomial system in 1753, so 2003 was the 250th anniversary of his system. This year is in fact the 300th anniversary of his birth and next year will be the 230th anniversary of his death.
DaveW
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html
In fact he published his binomial system in 1753, so 2003 was the 250th anniversary of his system. This year is in fact the 300th anniversary of his birth and next year will be the 230th anniversary of his death.
DaveW
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Teach me to depend on what the article says!DaveW wrote: In fact he published his binomial system in 1753, so 2003 was the 250th anniversary of his system. This year is in fact the 300th anniversary of his birth and next year will be the 230th anniversary of his death.
Mike Broderick
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
If you would want to hear what E.O. Wilson has to say on this, watch this TED Prize winning lecture given by E.O.Wilson on TED Talks
E. O. Wison, TED Talks
This is really good, I am sure those of you who watch and listen to it will enjoy.
E. O. Wison, TED Talks
This is really good, I am sure those of you who watch and listen to it will enjoy.
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Thanks for providing these links to material on E. O. Wilson. Thanks in particular for this footage I didn´t know, Ken!
Edward O. Wilson is a great man, very likeable and an excellent scientist, one of the greatest living biologists. Once I had the pleasure to see him and listen to him when he was in Germany a couple of years ago. I will never forget this event. After his speech during the reception he stood aside a bit, and accidentally I almost bumped into him on my way to the toilet .
He seemed to recognize my embarrassment and smiled.
I still regret that I didn´t have one of his books with me which I could have asked him to sign.
I very much recommend reading Prof. Wilson´s books!
Here is another, more personal interview:
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/1 ... ideo_p.php
Hope you enjoy!
Best wishes,
Betty
Edward O. Wilson is a great man, very likeable and an excellent scientist, one of the greatest living biologists. Once I had the pleasure to see him and listen to him when he was in Germany a couple of years ago. I will never forget this event. After his speech during the reception he stood aside a bit, and accidentally I almost bumped into him on my way to the toilet .
He seemed to recognize my embarrassment and smiled.
I still regret that I didn´t have one of his books with me which I could have asked him to sign.
I very much recommend reading Prof. Wilson´s books!
Here is another, more personal interview:
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/1 ... ideo_p.php
Hope you enjoy!
Best wishes,
Betty
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