{"product_id":"discovering-birds-the-emergence-of-ornithology-as-a-scientific-discipline-1760-1850-9780801855375","title":"Discovering Birds: The Emergence of Ornithology as a Scientific Discipline, 1760-1850","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Lawrence Farber\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Birdwatching Guides\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46893050069143,"sku":"9780801855375","price":3271.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780801855375.webp?v=1770313413","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/discovering-birds-the-emergence-of-ornithology-as-a-scientific-discipline-1760-1850-9780801855375","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}