Naturally Speaking : A Dictionary of Quotations on Biology, Botany, Nature and Zoology, Second Edition

In these days of ever-increasing specialization, it is important to gain a broad appreciation of the subject. With this in mind, Naturally Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Biology, Botany, Nature and Zoology, Second Edition presents the largest compilation of published quotations on the natural world available so that readers can get a feel for the depth and breadth of natural history and the life sciences. The book contains the words and wisdom of several hundred scientists, writers, philosophers, poets, and academicians. The bibliography is useful for readers who want to search for more details about the quotations listed while the extensive author and subject indexes provide the perfect tool for locating quotations. This book can be read for entertainment or used as an informative, handy reference. CONTENTS......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 22 ACCURACY......Page 26 AESTHETICS......Page 29 AMOEBA......Page 30 AMPHIBIAN......Page 32 ANALOGY......Page 35 ANIMAL......Page 37 ARACHNIDS......Page 61 BACTERIA......Page 65 BACTERIOLOGIST......Page 66 BEAUTY......Page 67 BIOLOGICAL......Page 68 BIOLOGIST......Page 74 BIOLOGY......Page 78 BIRDS......Page 87 BOOK......Page 110 BOTANIST......Page 111 BOTANY......Page 113 BUG......Page 117 CELL......Page 119 CHANCE......Page 122 CHAOS......Page 125 CHARACTERISTICS......Page 127 CHROMOSOMES......Page 128 CLASSIFICATION......Page 130 CLONE......Page 133 COLEOPTERIST......Page 135 COLLECTING......Page 136 CONCHOLOGY......Page 137 CONSERVATION......Page 138 CONSULTANTS......Page 140 CREATIONISM......Page 141 CRUSTACEAN......Page 144 DARWINISM......Page 146 DATA......Page 148 DEATH......Page 149 DISCOVERY......Page 152 DISPERSAL......Page 154 DISSECTION......Page 155 DIVERGENCE......Page 156 DNA......Page 157 ECOLOGY......Page 159 ENTOMOLOGY......Page 162 ENTROPY......Page 165 ENVIRONMENT......Page 166 ERROR......Page 168 ETHICS......Page 169 EVIDENCE......Page 171 EVOLUTION......Page 172 EXCEPTIONS......Page 184 EXPERIENCE......Page 185 EXPERIMENT......Page 189 EXTINCTION......Page 191 EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE......Page 195 FACT......Page 198 FIBONACCI......Page 203 FISH......Page 204 FLOWERS......Page 211 FORESIGHT......Page 241 FUNGI......Page 242 GAIA......Page 244 GARDEN......Page 245 GENE......Page 246 GENERA......Page 248 GENETICS......Page 249 GOD......Page 252 HEREDITY......Page 257 HERPETOLOGISTS......Page 259 ICHTHYOLOGIST......Page 260 IDEA......Page 261 IGNORANCE......Page 265 IMAGINATION......Page 266 INSECT......Page 268 INTELLIGENCE......Page 284 KINGDOM......Page 285 KNOWLEDGE......Page 286 LABORATORY......Page 288 LARVA......Page 289 LAW......Page 291 LIFE......Page 293 MAN......Page 304 MATHEMATICS......Page 310 MATTER......Page 313 METAPHORS......Page 314 METHOD......Page 315 MICROBIOLOGY......Page 316 MICROCOSOM......Page 317 MICROSCOPE......Page 318 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY......Page 320 MOLLUSCS......Page 322 MUSEUM......Page 325 MUTATIONS......Page 327 MYRMECOLOGISTS......Page 329 NAMES......Page 330 NATURAL HISTORY......Page 333 NATURAL SELECTION......Page 335 NATURALIST......Page 339 NATURE......Page 341 OBSERVATION......Page 372 OCCAM’S RAZOR......Page 377 OCEAN......Page 378 ORGANIC......Page 381 ORGANISM......Page 382 ORGANIZATION......Page 384 ORIGINS......Page 386 ORNITHOLOGY......Page 387 PARASITE......Page 388 PATTERNS......Page 389 PERCEPTION......Page 391 PHOTOSYNTHESIS......Page 392 PLANTS......Page 393 POLLUTION......Page 396 PRAYER......Page 398 PRIMORDIAL......Page 400 PROTEIN......Page 402 PROTOZOA......Page 403 REPRODUCTION......Page 404 REPTILE......Page 406 RESEARCH......Page 410 SCENERY......Page 411 SCIENCE......Page 412 SCIENTIFICMETHOD......Page 417 SCIENTIST......Page 419 SEEDS......Page 421 SEXUALITY......Page 423 SIZE......Page 424 SPECIALIZATION......Page 425 SPECIES......Page 426 STRUCTURE......Page 428 SURVIVAL......Page 429 SYMMETRY......Page 430 SYNONYMY......Page 432 SYNTHESIS......Page 433 SYSTEM......Page 435 TAXONOMY......Page 438 TELEOLOGY......Page 441 TERMINOLOGY......Page 442 TIME......Page 446 TREE......Page 449 TRUTH......Page 463 VARIATION......Page 464 VIVISECTION......Page 466 WATER......Page 467 WETLANDS......Page 471 WILDERNESS......Page 472 WILDLIFE......Page 473 WORMS......Page 474 ZOO......Page 478 ZOOLOGY......Page 479 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 482 PERMISSIONS......Page 521 SUBJECT BY AUTHOR INDEX......Page 528 AUTHOR BY SUBJECT INDEX......Page 590 Accuracy -- Aesthetics -- Amoeba -- Amphibian -- Analogy -- Animal -- Arachnids -- Bacteria -- Bacteriologist -- Beauty -- Biological -- Biologist -- Biology -- Birds -- Book -- Botanist -- Botany -- Bug -- Cell -- Chance -- Chaos -- Characteristics -- Chromosomes -- Classification -- Clone -- Coleopterist -- Collecting -- Conchology -- Conservation -- Consultants -- Creationism -- Crustacean -- Darwinism -- Data -- Death -- Discovery -- Dispersal -- Dissection -- Divergence -- Dna -- Ecology -- Entomology -- Entropy -- Environment -- Error -- Ethics -- Evidence -- Evolution -- Exceptions -- Experience -- Experiment -- Extinction -- Extraterrestrial Life -- Fact -- Fibonacci -- Fish -- Flowers -- Foresight -- Fungi -- Gaia -- Garden -- Gene -- Genera -- Genetics -- God -- Heredity -- Herpetologists -- Ichthyologist -- Idea -- Ignorance -- Imagination -- Insect -- Intelligence -- Kingdom -- Knowledge -- Laboratory -- Larva -- Law -- Life -- Man -- Mathematics -- Matter -- Metaphors -- Method -- Microbiology -- Microcosom [i.e. Microcosm] -- Microscope -- Molecular Biology -- Molluscs -- Museum -- Mutations -- Myrmecologists. Names -- Natural History -- Natural Selection -- Naturalist -- Nature -- Observation -- Occam's Razor -- Ocean -- Organic -- Organism -- Organization -- Origins -- Ornithology -- Parasite -- Patterns -- Perception -- Photosynthesis -- Plants -- Pollution -- Prayer -- Primordial -- Protein -- Protozoa -- Reproduction -- Reptile -- Research -- Scenery -- Science -- Scientific Method -- Scientist -- Seeds -- Sexuality -- Size -- Specialization -- Species -- Structure -- Survival -- Symmetry -- Synonymy -- Synthesis -- System -- Taxonomy -- Teleology -- Terminology -- Time -- Tree -- Truth -- Variation -- Vivisection -- Water -- Wetlands -- Wilderness -- Wildlife -- Worms -- Zoo -- Zoology. Selected And Arranged By Carl C. Gaither And Alma E. Cavazos-gaither ; Illustrated By Andrew Slocombe. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 457-495) And Indexes. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Presents the compilation of published quotations on the natural world. This book contains the words and wisdom of several hundred scientists, writers, philosophers, poets, and academicians. It is useful for readers who want to search for more details about the quotations listed. This informative and entertaining work gathers together quotations from the natural world and the life sciences. Several hundred scientists, writers, philosophers and poets, past and present, offer their wisdom