Ben A. Minteer, Jane Maienschein, James P. Collins, George Rabb

Broschiertes Buch

The Ark and Beyond

The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation

Herausgeber: Minteer, Ben A.; Maienschein, Jane; Collins, James P.

Beschreibung

A state-of-the art analysis of conservation as practiced by zoos and aquariums worldwide today.

Autor

Ben A. Minteer holds the Arizona Zoological Society Endowed Chair in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. He is coeditor most recently of After Preservation: Saving American Nature in the Age of Humans , also published by the University of Chicago Press. Jane Maienschein is university professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University and fellow and director of the History and Philosophy of Science Project at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. She is coeditor most recently of Visions of Cell Biology: Reflections Inspired by Cowdry's "General Cytology, " also in the Convening Science series and published by the University of Chicago Press. Maienschein is the 2024 recipient of the Sarton Medal, the most prestigious award of the History of Science Society, presented annually to an outstanding historian of science to honor a lifetime of scholarly achievement. James P. Collins is the Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Natural History and the Environment in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. He is coauthor of Extinction in Our Times: Global Amphibian Decline.

Produktdetails

• Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Labora
• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9780226538464
• ISBN-10: 022653846X
• Artikelnr.: 49374998