Pipes, Richard.

G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the Invention of Modern Ecology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (476 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1. A Man So Various -- CHAPTER 2. "The Circumstances of My Upbringing" -- CHAPTER 3. Becoming a Zoologist: The Hunter and Gatherer -- CHAPTER 4. From Naples to South Africa: A Failed Career? -- CHAPTER 5. First Years at Yale -- CHAPTER 6. Chief Biologist: The Yale North India Expedition -- CHAPTER 7. The First Crop: W. T. Edmondson, Gordon Riley, Ed Deevey, and Max Dunbar -- CHAPTER 8. The Old and the New Limnology -- CHAPTER 9. Radioisotopes: Radiation Ecology and Systems Ecology -- CHAPTER 10. Biogeochemistry: From Linsley Pond to the Guano Islands -- CHAPTER 11. The Three Wives and Yemaiel -- CHAPTER 12. Good Friends: Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson -- CHAPTER 13. Fond Correspondents: Rebecca West and Evelyn Hutchinson -- CHAPTER 14. From the N-dimensional Niche to Santa Rosalia -- CHAPTER 15. Hutchinson the Environmentalist -- CHAPTER 16. The Polymath: Art History and Many Other Fields -- CHAPTER 17. The Last Years-From Yale to England -- CHAPTER 18. Concluding Remarks: Hutchinson's Legacy in Ecology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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Ecology -- History -- 20th century.


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