The scientist as historian: Paulo Vanzolini and the origins of zoology in Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Bastos,Francisco Inácio
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Sá,Magali Romero
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: História. Ciências. Saúde-Manguinhos
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702011000400004
Resumo: The Brazilian Paulo Vanzolini is one of the leading herpetologists worldwide. Besides his publications as a zoologist and his activities as a former museum curator and policymaker, Vanzolini pursued a long-life career as a musician and contributed to many different fields such as biostatistics, biogeography and the history of science. The paper analyzes his historical contributions to a key chapter of science in Southern America, the legacy of the so-called traveler naturalists. His analyses comprise major scientists such as Marcgrave, Spix, von Martius, Wied-Neuwied, Castelnau, and Agassiz, are informed by re-analyses of original sources and represent an invaluable repository of historical and scientific information.
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title The scientist as historian: Paulo Vanzolini and the origins of zoology in Brazil
spellingShingle The scientist as historian: Paulo Vanzolini and the origins of zoology in Brazil
Bastos,Francisco Inácio
history of biology
colonial history
zoology
traveler naturalists
Brazil
title_short The scientist as historian: Paulo Vanzolini and the origins of zoology in Brazil
title_full The scientist as historian: Paulo Vanzolini and the origins of zoology in Brazil
title_fullStr The scientist as historian: Paulo Vanzolini and the origins of zoology in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed The scientist as historian: Paulo Vanzolini and the origins of zoology in Brazil
title_sort The scientist as historian: Paulo Vanzolini and the origins of zoology in Brazil
author Bastos,Francisco Inácio
author_facet Bastos,Francisco Inácio
Sá,Magali Romero
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author2 Sá,Magali Romero
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bastos,Francisco Inácio
Sá,Magali Romero
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv history of biology
colonial history
zoology
traveler naturalists
Brazil
topic history of biology
colonial history
zoology
traveler naturalists
Brazil
description The Brazilian Paulo Vanzolini is one of the leading herpetologists worldwide. Besides his publications as a zoologist and his activities as a former museum curator and policymaker, Vanzolini pursued a long-life career as a musician and contributed to many different fields such as biostatistics, biogeography and the history of science. The paper analyzes his historical contributions to a key chapter of science in Southern America, the legacy of the so-called traveler naturalists. His analyses comprise major scientists such as Marcgrave, Spix, von Martius, Wied-Neuwied, Castelnau, and Agassiz, are informed by re-analyses of original sources and represent an invaluable repository of historical and scientific information.
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