Naming Nature

Naming Nature
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0393061973
ISBN-13 : 9780393061970
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Book Synopsis Naming Nature by : Carol Kaesuk Yoon

Download or read book Naming Nature written by Carol Kaesuk Yoon and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology: the surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world.


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