Research Catalog

Title

The art of ecology : writings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson / edited by David K. Skelly, David M. Post and Melinda D. Smith ; foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy.

Author

Hutchinson, G. Evelyn (George Evelyn), 1903-1991.

Publication

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

• Skelly, David K.
• Post, David M.
• Smith, Melinda D.
• Lovejoy, Thomas E.

Description

xii, 356 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

During the twentieth century, ecology evolved from a collection of natural history facts to a rigorous, analytical discipline with a rich body of theory. No single person is more responsible for this change than G. Evelyn Hutchinson. This collection of selected writings showcases Hutchinson's dynamic and wide-ranging mind as well as his keen wit. Original essays by scientists and historians underscore the continuing relevance of Hutchinson's ideas. --Publisher description.

Alternative Title

Writings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson

Subject

• Hutchinson, G. Evelyn 1903-1991 > Influence
• Ecology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.
• "Appendix. Publications of G. Evelyn Hutchinson": p. [325]-339.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The beauty of the world: Evelyn Hutchinson's vision of science / Sharon E. Kingsland -- Aria da Capo and Quodlibet -- New England moral to adorn the tale (excerpt) -- From English schoolboy to America's foremost ecologist / Nancy G. Slack -- A swimming grasshopper -- Emmanuel: being taught (excerpt) -- Emmanuel: learning (excerpts) -- Astonishing microcosms / David M. Post and David W. Schindler -- Limnological studies at high altitudes in Ladak -- Chemical stratification and lake morphology -- Limnological studies in Connecticut: IV. The mechanisms of intermediary metabolism in stratified lakes -- The history of a lake -- A direct demonstration of the phosphorus cycle in a small lake / with V.T. Bowen -- The lacustrine microcosm reconsidered -- A treatise on limnology, vol. 1: geography, physics, and chemistry (excerpts) -- Reflection thereon: G. Evelyn Hutchinson and ecological theory / Melinda D. Smith and David K. Skelly -- Ecological aspects of succession in natural populations -- Copepodology for the ornithologist --The concept of pattern in ecology -- Concluding remarks -- Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why are there so many kinds of animals? -- The paradox of the plankton -- The influence of the environment -- Thoughts on aquatic insects -- Experiencing green pigeons / Michael J. Donoghue and Jane Pickering -- A note on the functions of a university -- The uses of beetles -- The naturalist as an art critic -- The cream in the gooseberry fool -- On being a meter and a half long -- Aysthorpe -- Conjectures arising in a quiet museum.

ISBN

• 9780300154498 (pbk.)
• 0300154496 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010927632

OCLC

601349231

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library