The Land of the Tiger: A Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent. By Valmik Thapar. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. Copublication with BBC Books. 288 pp. $29.95 (cloth).

1999 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 252-253
Author(s):  
Richard P. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
University Of California ◽  
History Of

Collections-Based Research at Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Sunderland
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Reproductive Physiology ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Vertebrate Zoology ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
The University

Recognizing natural history collections as dynamic scientific tools that enable unique forms of comparative analysis, theorizing, and questioning offers a new perspective on the history of the life sciences in the twentieth century that emphasizes the important role that collections played in the transformation of biology. To build an understanding of “collections-based research,” this paper focuses on the career of Alden Holmes Miller, who led the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley through significant institutional, disciplinary, and technological changes (1940–1965). This paper examines how Miller’s efforts as researcher, administrator, and teacher enabled him to foster collections-based research. Miller’s own research into speciation and reproductive physiology are examples of collectionsbased work, incorporating concepts, theories, practices, and tools from the laboratory, museum, and field.

Natural History of Psoriasis: A Study from the Indian Subcontinent

1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 230-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inderjeet Kaur ◽  
Sanjeev Handa ◽  
Bhushan Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
History Of
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