G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the Invention of Modern Ecology

Stephen J Gould declared Evelyn Hutchinson the most important ecologist of the twentieth century. E O Wilson pronounced him 'one of the few scientists who could unabashedly be called a genius'. This book presents the full life story of this brilliant scientist who was also a master teacher, a polymath, and a delightful friend and correspondent.

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• Authors: Nancy G. Slack, Nancy G./ Wilson Slack, SLACK NANCY G, Slack Nancy G.
• Assisted by: Wilson Edward O. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.01.2011
• EAN: 9780300161380
• ISBN: 978-0-300-16138-0
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, Applied ecology, History of Science, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine