Modeling Nature

The first history of population ecology traces two generations of science and scientists from the opening of the twentieth century through 1970. Kingsland chronicles the careers of key figures and the field's theoretical, empirical, and institutional development, with special attention to tensions between the descriptive studies of field biologists and later mathematical models. This second edition includes a new afterword that brings the book up to date, with special attention to the rise of "the new natural history" and debates about ecology's future as a large-scale scientific enterprise.

Summary

A history of population ecology which traces two generations of science and scientists from the opening of the 20th century through to 1970. The text chronicles the careers of key figures and the field's theoretical, empirical and institutional development.

Product details

• Authors: Sharon Kingsland, Sharon E. Kingsland
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.1995
• EAN: 9780226437286
• ISBN: 978-0-226-43728-6
• No. of pages: 315
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 482 g
• Series: Science & Its Conceptual Found; Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S.; Science & its Conceptual Foundations Series SCF (CHUP); Science & its Conceptual Foundations Series SCF; Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Applied ecology, Population & demography, Population and Demography