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Author Knight, David M.

Title Ordering the world : a history of classifying man / David Knight
Published London : Burnett Books, 1981

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 MELB  574.012 KNI-O  AVAILABLE
Description 215 pages ; 23 cm
Contents 1. A fundamental preoccupation -- 2. An objective system -- 3. The artificial system -- 4. The shape of nature -- 5. Accordance with nature -- 6. Everything in its place -- 7. Development -- 8. Epilogue
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Biology -- Classification -- History.
Classification of sciences -- History.
Biology -- classification.
Classification -- history
Science -- classification.
LC no. 81152695
ISBN 0233972935