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Pearse, John Stuart was born on May 28, 1936 in Boise, Idaho, United States. Son of Charles Kenneth and Jessie Anne (Philliber) Pearse.
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Animals Without Backbones: An Introduction to the Invertebrates (Third Edition)
( Animals Without Backbones has been considered a classic...)
Animals Without Backbones has been considered a classic among biology textbooks since it was first published to great acclaim in 1938. It was the first biology textbook ever reviewed by Time and was also featured with illustrations in Life. Harvard, Stanford, the University of Chicago, and more than eighty other colleges and universities adopted it for use in courses. Since then, its clear explanations and ample illustrations have continued to introduce hundreds of thousands of students and general readers around the world to jellyfishes, corals, flatworms, squids, starfishes, spiders, grasshoppers, and the other invertebrates that make up ninety-seven percent of the animal kingdom. This new edition has been completely rewritten and redesigned, but it retains the same clarity and careful scholarship that have earned this book its continuing readership for half a century. It is even more lavishly illustrated than earlier editions, incorporating many new drawings and photographs. Informative, concise legends that form an integral part of the text accompany the illustrations. The text has been updated to include findings from recent research. Eschewing pure morphology, the authors use each group of animals to introduce one or more biological principles. In recent decades, courses and texts on invertebrate zoology at many universities have been available only for advanced biology majors specializing in this area. The Third Edition of Animals Without Backbones remains an ideal introduction to invertebrates for lower-level biology majors, nonmajors, students in paleontology and other related fields, junior college and advanced high school students, and the general reader who pursues the rewarding study of the natural world.
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John Stuart Pearse
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John Stuart Pearse, American biologist, educator, researcher. Achievements include research in latitudinal pattern of mode of reproduction in sea, temporal pattern of seasonal reproduction in antarctic seas, photoperiodism major factor in regulating reproduction in marine invertebrates. Recipient Antarctic Service award National Science Foundation, 1962, Lifetime Acheivement Award, Western Society of Naturalists, 2008.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Zoology, University of Chicago, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Stanford University, 1964.
Career
Assistant professor biology, American U., Cairo, 1965-1967; research fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1968-1971; from assistant professor biology to professor biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1971-1994; professor emeritus biology, research professor biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, since 1994.
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Animals Without Backbones: An Introduction to the Invertebrates (Third Edition)
( Animals Without Backbones has been considered a classic...)
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Animals Without Backbones: An Introduction to the Invertebrates (Third Edition)
Membership
Board directors Santa Cruz City Museum, 1984-1988, president 1985-1987. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (board reviewers 1985-1988), California Academy of Sciences (trustee 1994-2003, president 1996-2003), Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (president, 2007-2009).
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Married Vicki Mabel Buchsbaum, March 1, 1970. 1 child, Devon Eric.
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Green Party
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1958
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1964
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1965 - 1967
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1968 - 1971
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1971 - 1994