G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the invention of modern ecology [electronic resource] / Nancy G. Slack ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson.
2010
QH31.H87 S58 2010eb
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G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the invention of modern ecology [electronic resource] / Nancy G. Slack ; foreword by Edward O. Wilson.
Author
Slack, Nancy G.
ISBN
9780300161748 (electronic book)
0300161387
9780300161380
0300161387
9780300161380
Imprint
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 457 p.) : ill.
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QH31.H87 S58 2010eb
Summary
"Stephen J. Gould declared G. Evelyn Hutchinson the most important ecologist of the twentieth century. E. O. Wilson pronounced him "one of the few scientists who could unabashedly be called a genius." In this fascinating book, Nancy G. Slack presents for the first time the full life story of this brilliant scientist who was also a master teacher, a polymath with interests ranging from medieval art to the dangers of eutro-phication, and a delightful friend and correspondent. Slack enjoyed full access to Hutchinson's archives and conducted extensive interviews both with Hutchinson himself and with his students, colleagues, and friends. She evaluates his contributions to theoretical ecology, limnology (the study of fresh-water ecosystems), biogeochemistry, population ecology, and the creation of the new fields of systems ecology and radiation ecology, and she discusses his profound influence as a mentor. The book also looks into his personal life, which included three very different wives, a refugee baby under his care during World War II, friendships with such contemporaries as Rebecca West, Margaret Mead, and Gregory Bateson, and a host of colleagues and friends on four continents. Filled with information available nowhere else, this book draws a vibrant portrait of a giant in the discipline of twentieth-century ecology who was also a man of remarkable personal appeal."--BOOK JACKET.
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Table of Contents
A man so various
"The circumstances of my upbringing"
Becoming a zoologist : the hunter and gatherer
From Naples to South Africa : a failed career?
First years at Yale
Chief biologist : the Yale North India Expedition
The first crop : W.T. Edmonton, Gordon Riley, Ed Deevey, and Max Dunbar
The old and the new limnology
Radioisotopes : radiation ecology and systems ecology
Biogeochemistry : from Linsley Pond to the Guano Islands
The three wives and Yemaiel
Good friends : Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson
Fond correspondents : Rebecca West and Evelyn Hutchinson
From the N-dimensional niche to Santa Rosalia
Hutchinson the environmentalist
The polymath : art history and many other fields
The last years - from Yale to England
Concluding remarks: Hutchinson's legacy in ecology.
"The circumstances of my upbringing"
Becoming a zoologist : the hunter and gatherer
From Naples to South Africa : a failed career?
First years at Yale
Chief biologist : the Yale North India Expedition
The first crop : W.T. Edmonton, Gordon Riley, Ed Deevey, and Max Dunbar
The old and the new limnology
Radioisotopes : radiation ecology and systems ecology
Biogeochemistry : from Linsley Pond to the Guano Islands
The three wives and Yemaiel
Good friends : Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson
Fond correspondents : Rebecca West and Evelyn Hutchinson
From the N-dimensional niche to Santa Rosalia
Hutchinson the environmentalist
The polymath : art history and many other fields
The last years - from Yale to England
Concluding remarks: Hutchinson's legacy in ecology.