Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/006955432/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 22 of
22
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "The Idea of Biodiversity analyzes what biodiversity represents to the biologists who operate in broader society on its behalf, drawing on in-depth interviews with the scientists most active today in the mission to preserve biodiversity, including Peter Raven, Thomas Lovejoy, Jane Lubchenco, and Paul Ehrlich. Takacs explores how and why these biologists shaped the concept of biodiversity and promoted it to society at large - examining their definitions of biodiversity; their opinions about spirituality and its role in scientific work; the notion of biodiversity as something of intrinsic value; and their views on biophilia, E.O. Wilson's idea that humans are genetically pre-disposed to love nature. Takacs also looks at the work of twentieth-century forerunners of today's conservation biologists - Aldo Leopold, Charles S. Elton, Rachel Carson, David Ehrenfeld - and points out their contributions to the current debates. He takes readers to Costa Rica, where a group of scientists is using biodiversity to remake nature and society. And in an extended section, he profiles the thoughts and work of E.O. Wilson.".
- catalog contributor b9652376.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-382) and index.".
- catalog description "The Idea of Biodiversity analyzes what biodiversity represents to the biologists who operate in broader society on its behalf, drawing on in-depth interviews with the scientists most active today in the mission to preserve biodiversity, including Peter Raven, Thomas Lovejoy, Jane Lubchenco, and Paul Ehrlich. Takacs explores how and why these biologists shaped the concept of biodiversity and promoted it to society at large - examining their definitions of biodiversity; their opinions about spirituality and its role in scientific work; the notion of biodiversity as something of intrinsic value; and their views on biophilia, E.O. Wilson's idea that humans are genetically pre-disposed to love nature. Takacs also looks at the work of twentieth-century forerunners of today's conservation biologists - Aldo Leopold, Charles S. Elton, Rachel Carson, David Ehrenfeld - and points out their contributions to the current debates. He takes readers to Costa Rica, where a group of scientists is using biodiversity to remake nature and society. And in an extended section, he profiles the thoughts and work of E.O. Wilson.".
- catalog extent "xix, 393 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Idea of biodiversity.".
- catalog identifier "0801854008".
- catalog isFormatOf "Idea of biodiversity.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Idea of biodiversity.".
- catalog subject "333.95/16/01 20".
- catalog subject "Biodiversity conservation Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "QH75 .T235 1996".
- catalog title "The idea of biodiversity : philosophies of paradise / David Takacs.".
- catalog type "text".