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Farber, Paul Lawrence was born on March 7, 1944 in New York City. Son of Charles and Helen (Shapiro) Farber.
( In Discovering Birds, Paul Lawrence Farber rejects the ...)
In Discovering Birds, Paul Lawrence Farber rejects the view that eighteenth-century natural history disappeared with the rise of nineteenth-century biology. In this penetrating case study of the history of ornithology, Farber demonstrates interesting continuities: as natural history evolved into individual sciences (botany, geology, and zoology) and specialties (entomology and ichthyology), the study of birds emerged as a distinct scientific discipline that remained observational and taxonomic. Ornithologists continued to see one of their primary tasks as classification, and they found no need to alter their approach. Their efforts were greatly aided at the end of the eighteenth century as colonization and exploration brought new dataa plethora of exotic and previously unknown birds. By the mid-nineteenth century, ornithology had become a scientific discipline with international experts, a large empirical base, and a rigorous methodology of watching and cataloging.
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Farber, Paul Lawrence was born on March 7, 1944 in New York City. Son of Charles and Helen (Shapiro) Farber.
Bachelor of Science, University Pittsburgh, 1965. Master of Science, Indiana University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1970.
Professor of history of science, department chairman general science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1983-1991; chairman history department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, since 1991. Visiting professor U. Washington, Seattle, 1974, Imperial College, London, 1978, U. Cambridge, England, 1989.
( In Discovering Birds, Paul Lawrence Farber rejects the ...)
Board of directors Corvallis School Board District 509J, 1986-1988. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (nominating committee), History of Science Society (executive county 1978-1981), Coumbia History of Science Society (president 19850.
Married Vreneli Regula Marti, August 27, 1966. Children: Benjamin, Channah.