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Loading... The Silwood Circle: A History of Ecology and the Making of Scientific Careers in Late Twentieth-Century Britain (original 2013; edition 2013)by Hannah Gay
Work InformationThe Silwood Circle: A History of Ecology and the Making of Scientific Careers in Late Twentieth-Century Britain by Hannah Gay (2013)
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This is an original and wide-ranging account of the careers of a close-knit group of highly influential ecologists working in Britain from the late 1960's onwards. The book can also be read as a history of some recent developments in ecology. One of the group, Robert May, is a past president of the Royal Society, and the author of what many see as the most important treatise in theoretical ecology of the later twentieth century. That the group flourished was due not only to May's intellectual leadership, but also to the guiding hand of T. R. E. Southwood. Southwood ended his career as Linacre No library descriptions found. |
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