Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801897858 9780801897856 [US]

Johns Hopkins University Press, Date: 2010. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2010. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801897858 9780801897856 [US]

Johns Hopkins University Press, Date: 2010. Hardcover. As New. Disclaimer:Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2010. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801897858 9780801897856 [US]

Pages: x, 99 p.One of the earliest New World naturalists, José Celestino Mutis began his professional life as a physician in Spain and ended it as a scientist and natural philosopher in modern-day Colombia. Drawing on new translations of Mutis's nearly forgotten writings, this fascinating story of scientific adventure in eighteenth-century South America retrieves Mutis's contributions from obscurity.In 1760, the 28-year-old Mutis—newly appointed as the personal physician of the Viceroy of the New Kingdom of Granada—embarked on a 48-year exploration of the natural world of northern South America. His thirst for knowledge led Mutis to study the region's flora, become a professor of mathematics, construct the first astronomical observatory in the Western Hemisphere, and amass one of the largest scientific libraries in the world. He translated Newton's writings and penned essays about Copernicus; lectured extensively on astronomy, geography, and meteorology; and eventually became a priest. But, as two-time Pulitzer Prize–winner Edward O. Wilson and Spanish natural history scholar José M. Gómez Durán reveal in this enjoyable and illustrative account, one of Mutis's most magnificent accomplishments involved ants. Acting at the urging of Carl Linnaeus—the father of taxonomy—shortly after he arrived in the New Kingdom of Granada, Mutis began studying the ants that swarmed everywhere. Though he lacked any entomological training, Mutis built his own classification for ...

Johns Hopkins University Press, Date: 2010. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 5x0x8. Copyright 2010 with full number line. Very good+ hardcover with a very good+ DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very light wear to brown cloth over spine/cream colored boards, gold gilt titling on spine remains bright and bold. Text is very good throughout. Interior appears free of markings. Unclipped dust jacket is very good with light shelfwear. Jacket arrives wrapped in protective Mylar.Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota 2010. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801897858 9780801897856 [US]

Johns Hopkins University Press, Date: 2010-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2010. Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN 0801897858 9780801897856 [US]