Article ID: CBB000033396

Modeling in the museum: On the role of remnant models in the work of Joseph Grinnell (1990)

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Description “I present a case study of an important but neglected naturalist, Joseph Grinnell, to illustrate the extent to which mundane practices in a museum setting constitute theorizing.”


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Authors & Contributors
Griesemer, James R.
Ross, Lauren N.
Weber, Bruce H.
Sunderland, Mary Evelyn
Sober, Elliott R.
Shavit, Ayelet
Concepts
Biology
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Philosophy of biology
Evolution
Methodology of science; scientific method
Natural history
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
California (U.S.)
Great Britain
Institutions
University of California, Berkeley
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (University of California, Berkeley)
University of California
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