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2 days ago · Peter Artedi (1705-1735): Recognized as the “Father of Ichthyology,” Artedi made significant contributions to the systematic study of fishes. He established methods and principles for classifying fish that were so thorough that even Carl Linnaeus, a pioneer of modern taxonomy, could not modify them effectively.
3 days ago · That summer Linnaeus reunited with Peter Artedi, a friend from Uppsala with whom he had once made a pact that should either of the two predecease the other, the survivor would finish the decedent's work. Ten weeks later, Artedi drowned in the canals of Amsterdam, leaving behind an unfinished manuscript on the classification of fish. [66] [67]
Sep 12, 2024 · Swedish naturalist Peter Artedi (1705–1735) has been recognized as the father of the modern science of ichthyology but his work has not received the attention it deserves until now. This volume, Peter Artedi: Reformer of 18th Century Zoology, Vol. I: Peter Artedi’s Life and Works, is presented here in English for the first time. Far …
Sep 12, 2024 · Swedish naturalist Peter Artedi (1705–1735) has been recognized as the father of the modern science of ichthyology but his work has not received the attention it deserves until now. This volume, Peter Artedi: Reformer of 18th Century Zoology, Vol.
Sep 6, 2024 · 6 September, 2024 by Stockholm University Press Blog. The book Comparing the place of experts during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic grew out of interdisciplinary network with the aim to compare the effects of the pandemic on political discourse and practice.
Sep 3, 2024 · Spider-Man is a comic-book character who was the original everyman superhero. In Marvel Comics’ Amazing Fantasy, no. 15 (1962), writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko introduced Peter Parker, a teenager who gains superhuman strength, speed, and agility after being bitten by a radioactive spider.
Sep 18, 2024 · August 16 (August 5 old style – John Peter Zenger of The New York Weekly Journal becomes a symbol of freedom of the press when he acquitted of seditious libel against William Cosby, the British Governor of the Province of New York. A jury concludes that what Zenger published was true.
