Ark and Beyond - The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ben A. Maienschein Minteer
• Assisted by: James P. Collins (Editor), Collins James P. (Editor), Jane Maienschein (Editor), Maienschein Jane (Editor), Ben A. Minteer (Editor), Minteer Ben A. (Editor), George Rabb (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2018
• EAN: 9780226538464
• ISBN: 978-0-226-53846-4
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Labora
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / History, NATURE / Endangered Species, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Service, NATURE / Animals / Wildlife, Zoology & animal sciences, History of Science, Endangered species & extinction of species, Wildlife: general interest, Zoology and animal sciences, Endangered species and extinction of species, Hospitality and service industries, Service industries