This week's #NewBooks at the library: A second-hand copy of an original 1961 hardback of Arthur O. Lovejoy's The Great Chain of Being from Harvard University Press, a review copy of The Lives of #Bats from @princetonupress @princetonnature, and a second-hand copy of @matthewcobb's The Genetic Age: Out Perilous Quest to Edit Life from Profile Books.

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New review: How is the living world organized and classified? Encyclopaedic in scope yet compelling to read, the deeply researched Kingdoms, Empires, & Domains is an 851-page behemoth that surveys 26 centuries of our changing understanding.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/01/17/book-review-kingdoms-empires-domains-the-history-of-high-level-biological-classification/

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23 days this bad boy took me, all the way over Christmas and New Years to this weekend. (Yes, that's my idea of having a good time)

Review coming soon https://inquisitivebiologist.com

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