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Archibald, J. David.
Aristotle’s ladder, Darwin’s tree : the evolution of visual metaphors for biological order / J. David Archibald.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-231-16412-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-231-53766-7 (e-book)
1. Biology—Philosophy. 2. Human evolution—Philosophy. 3. Imagery (Psychology) 4. Metaphor. I. Title.
QH315.A723 2014
570.1—dc23
2013050622
A Columbia University Press E-book.
COVER IMAGE: Frontispiece of Anna Maria Redfield, Zoölogical Science, or, Nature in Living Forms (New York: Kellogg, 1858). (Courtesy of the author)
COVER AND TEXT DESIGN: Milenda Nan Ok Lee
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