Alexander Wilson : enlightened naturalist / edited by Edward H. Burtt Jr.

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English
Published/​Created
  • Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
xxx, 170 pages, AF pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

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    This book examines the power of cross-disciplinary thinking. Alexander Wilson was a published poet, an accomplished musician, a skilled artist and an insightful observer. All these skills came together in his truly revolutionary text, American Ornithology, which is the founding document of American ornithology. The elegance of its writing, the novelty of its art, and the excellence of its science make Wilson's Ornithology worth consulting even today, two centuries after its publication.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Ch. 1 Alexander Wilson: Scots Poet / Gerard Carruthers
    • ch. 2 Verses from America / Irving N. Rothman
    • ch. 3 The Art of Illustrating Nature / William E. Davis Jr.
    • ch. 4 American Ornithology: Exemplar of Scientific Creativity / Edward H. Burtt Jr.
    • ch. 5 Bird Species: Then and Now / Rick Wright.
    ISBN
    • 9781611487947 ((cloth ; : alkaline paper))
    • 1611487943 ((cloth ; : alkaline paper))
    • 9781611487961 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
    • 161148796X ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
    LCCN
    2016035567
    OCLC
    957135547
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