José Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World Wilson, Edward O. creator Gómez Durán, José María. text bibliography biography mdu Baltimore, Md Johns Hopkins University Press 2010 monographic eng

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viii, 95 páginas : ilustraciones (principalmente a color), mapas ; 23 cm. Who was Mutis -- The making of an eighteenth-century naturalist -- The scientific contributions of José Celestino Mutis -- Mutis seeks advice -- Mutis begins his study of ants -- Ants are transported by ships -- Ant plants and plant ants -- Mutis learns about the mule-train (leafcutter) ants -- Unending struggles against the mule-train ants -- Ant wars -- Mutis solves the mystery of the nomadic pataloas -- Mutis measures the size of an army-ant colony -- Mutis tracks the armies of ants -- Mutis studies the gender of ants and makes an amazing discovery -- Mutis' other ants -- How good a scientist was Mutis? Edward O. Wilson and José M. Gómez Durán. Incluye referencias bibliográficas. Mutis, José Celestino 1732-1808 Botánicos Colombia Biografía Botánicos España Biografía Hormigas Investigación Suramérica Historia Siglo XVIII 595.796 W74k 9780801897856 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801897858 (hardcover : alk. paper) DLC 100401 20150922084048.0