The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names

by John Wright

Book Overview

Latin names--frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel--have been annoying the layman since they first became formalized as scientific terms in the eighteenth... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408816989
• ISBN13: 9781408816981
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.2" x 7.9"