Do Elephants Have Knees? : : And Other Stories of Darwinian Origins / / Charles R. Ault.
Thinking whimsically makes serious science accessible. That’s a message that should be taken to heart by all readers who want to learn about evolution. Do Elephants Have Knees? invites readers into serious appreciation of Darwinian histories by deploying the playful thinking found in children’s book...
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Ault, Charles R., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Do Elephants Have Knees? : And Other Stories of Darwinian Origins / Charles R. Ault. revised edition Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource (240 p.) : 11 halftones, 26 line figures text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Wonderful Relationships -- 1. “Curtiosity’s” Child -- 2. Darwin and the Pampas Pirates -- 3. Fossils, Folly & Faults -- 4. Irritating Worms -- 5. A Lungfish Walked into the Zoo -- 6. Out on a Limb -- 7. Nosey Elephants -- 8. The Bearduck of Baleen -- 9. The Saga of Mooshmael -- 10. The Higgledy-Piggledy Whale -- 11. Archaic Chickengators -- 12. Coral Pigs and Tide Pool Sheep -- Epilogue. Femurs and Footprints -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Thinking whimsically makes serious science accessible. That’s a message that should be taken to heart by all readers who want to learn about evolution. Do Elephants Have Knees? invites readers into serious appreciation of Darwinian histories by deploying the playful thinking found in children’s books. Charles R. Ault Jr. weds children’s literature to recent research in paleontology and evolutionary biology. Inquiring into the origin of origins stories, Ault presents three portraits of Charles Darwin—curious child, twentysomething adventurer, and elderly worm scientist. Essays focusing on the origins of tetrapods, elephants, whales, and birds explain fundamental Darwinian concepts (natural selection, for example) with examples of fossil history and comparative anatomy. The imagery of the children’s story offers a way to remember and recreate scientific discoveries. By juxtaposing Darwin’s science with tales for children, Do Elephants Have Knees? underscores the importance of whimsical storytelling to the accomplishment of serious thinking. Charles Darwin mused about duck beaks and swimming bears as he imagined a pathway for the origin of baleen. A "bearduck" chimera may be a stretch, but the science linking not just cows but also whales to moose through shared ancestry has great merit. Teaching about shared ancestry may begin with attention to Bernard Wiseman’s Morris the Moose. Morris believes that cows and deer are fine examples of moose because they all have four legs and things on their heads. No whale antlers are known, but fossils of four-legged whales are. By calling attention to surprising and serendipitous echoes between children’s stories and challenging science, Ault demonstrates how playful thinking opens the doors to an understanding of evolutionary thought. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024) Evolution (Biology) Popular works. Natural selection Popular works. Natural selection Popular works Anecdotes Popular works. Education & History Of Education. General Science. History Of Science. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution. bisacsh juvenile literature, science, paleontology and evolutionary biology, Darwin, anatomy, fossil. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110667493 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016 9783110485103 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural and Area Studies 2016 9783110485264 ZDB-23-DKU https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501705861 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501705861 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501705861/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Wonderful Relationships -- 1. “Curtiosity’s” Child -- 2. Darwin and the Pampas Pirates -- 3. Fossils, Folly & Faults -- 4. Irritating Worms -- 5. A Lungfish Walked into the Zoo -- 6. Out on a Limb -- 7. Nosey Elephants -- 8. The Bearduck of Baleen -- 9. The Saga of Mooshmael -- 10. The Higgledy-Piggledy Whale -- 11. Archaic Chickengators -- 12. Coral Pigs and Tide Pool Sheep -- Epilogue. Femurs and Footprints -- Notes -- Index |
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