RE: NANFA-- cells smashers and ichthyologists

Denkhaus, Robert (DenkhaR_at_Ci.Fort-Worth.TX.US)
Wed, 20 Feb 2002 08:52:08 -0600

Jay,

I would love to add that article to my file with the heading "The Rise and
Fall of the Field Naturalist"!

Rob Denkhaus
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay DeLong
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:49 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: NANFA-- cells smashers and ichthyologists
>
>
> This disussion reminds me of an issue of Orion magazine (does
> anyone get
> that magazine?). It was the Autumn 2001 issue and was titled
> "Why Natural
> History?" The main article was called "The Rise and Fall of Natural
> History: How a Science Grew and Eclipsed Direct Experience".
> It discussed
> the shift in university curricula from field biology to that of
> cell-smashers (Martin's term, not the magazine's).
>
> I could rev up my scanner if anyone is interested...
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> On Behalf
> > Of Irate Mormon
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:07 AM
> > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > Subject: Re: NANFA-- TN vs. AL fish diversity
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > If he's not a "real" ichthyologist, why did he become co-author
> > of one of
> > > the better ichthyology textbooks? Although hanging out with
> > Bruce Collette
> > > may have given him more street cred, je suppose...
> >
> > I don't know, other than perhaps he teaches undergrad ichthology
> > and didn't
> > like the existing texts. I thought that was rather curious,
> > myself. Which
> > isn't to say that Gene doesn't know anything about ichthyology
> > (as I define
> > it), quite the opposite; merely that it's not his principal pursuit.
> >
>
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