Competition winners 2 Nov 20112 Nov 2011 In case people did not notice my announcement in the comments of that post, the winners of a signed copy of my species history book are: Cameron Peters Doug G Elais Jackson Jesse Schaefer Lorax sbh Send me an email with your addresses. I will send the books as soon as I can locate the moving box that has them in. Administrative Species concept
Ecology and Biodiversity How many species of plant are there? 3 Jan 2011 It should be a simple question. After all, we have been describing, naming, and studying species of plants for 500 years, and the whole system of nomenclature and classification was developed in order to list plants. Estimate range widely, from 200,000 to nearly 300,000 or even 400,000 [also here] and… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Counting species 26 Aug 201122 Jun 2018 Suppose a scholar of toys wanted to count the number of kinds of toys in the world. Since this information is not generally recorded, the scholar might look at the ways toys are used, the sales figures, or the designs recorded in the patents and trademarks offices in order to… Read More
Biology Species: The evolution of the idea 12 Oct 2017 My revised book is now titled Species: The evolution of the idea, and now contains a philosophy section as well as a complete list of species concept[ion]s and an appendix of all taxonomic levels I could locate. It is due out in February 2018 from CRC Press. I have done a… Read More
I am glad to see my request to definitively not win has been honoured. Most kind, John. Most kind. Therefore I shall congratulate the winners and tell my 2 and a half year old son to ignore me and do the direct opposite of what I am asking him to do. Two successes in one day, achievable goals, achievable goals… 😉 Louis
Congratulations, winners! I guess I’ll have to resort to stalking John at conferences to get a copy of his book signed :).
I love the idea of a free book, congrats to the winners, and the signature is a bonus, but the burning question is, how much for just the signature, and what is your bank account information?
w00t!!11!! I just want to thank god (aka silverback and his virtual dice) for the win. Don’t know how I previously missed this post .