What's in a name? The quirky stories behind scientific nomenclature.
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What's in a name? The quirky stories behind scientific nomenclature. In-Person
Names have power and meaning, and many scientific names have surprising stories behind their origin.
Four scientists: an Evolutionary Ecologist (John Jaenike), a Molecular Biologist (Elaine Sia), an Astronomer (Judith Pipher) and a Chemist (Lauren VanGelder), will share the history of scientific nomenclature in their disciplines and discuss our constant struggle to organize, classify and name everything in the universe.
Image credits: Neopalpa donaldtrumpi by Vazrick Nazari.
Moriana Garcia
Scholarly Communication Librarian
Contact: mgarcia@library.rochester.edu
Subjects:Scholarly Communication, Open Scholarship
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