The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names

By John Wright

Book Overview

Latin names--frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel--have been annoying the layman since they first became formalized as scientific terms in the eighteenth... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408865556
• ISBN13: 9781408865552
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.1" x 0.9" x 7.8"