Scientific exploration in the Mediterranean region
Subtitle: cultures and institutions of natural history : essays in the history and philosophy of science : papers presented at an International Colloquium on the Impact of Scientific Exploration in the Mediterranean Region held 9-11 November 2006 at the Aula Magna and the Tribuna di Galileo, Università di Firenze, and the Accademia dei fisiocritici, Siena
By: edited by Claudia Corti ... [et al.].
Contributors: Corti, Claudia; Università di Firenze. Museo di storia naturale; Accademia dei fisiocritici in Siena; California Academy of Sciences
Publisher: California Academy of Sciences
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780940228771
Subjects: Natural history; Congresses; History; Scientific expeditions; Discovery and exploration
Other titles: Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. V. 59 (Supplement 1)
Notes: "Museo di storia naturale, Università di Firenze, Accademia dei fisiocritici, Siena, and the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco."

"Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Fourth series), September 30, 2008, volume 59, supplement 1"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The most ancient explorations of the Mediterranean / Marco Masseti; title: The Natural History Museum of Florence and its contribution to the knowledge of the Mediterranean / Fausto Barbagli ... [et al.]; title: "Volcanic travels" and the development of volcanology in the 18th century / Ezio Vaccari; title: The naturalistic explorations of the Milanese Barnabite Ermenegildo Pini (1739-1825) along the coast of Calabria : new observations and implications with regard to his views on the history of the Earth / Agnese Visconti; title: Earthworm diversity and land evolution in three Mediterranean districts / Pietro Omodeo and Emilia Rota; title: Herpetological explorations of the Balearic Islands during the last two centuries / Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Claudia Corti, and Josep Miquel Vidal; title: Local ornithologists and the early study of central Mediterranean avifauna : the role of Schembri and Damiani in the Maltese and Tuscan islands / Nicola Baccetti and Joe Sultana; title: Scientific exploration in the Mediterranean region biodiversity of the Mediterranean opisthobranch gastropod fauna : historical and phylogenetic perspectives / Terrence M. Gosliner, Juan Lucas Cervera, and Michael T. Ghiselin; title: Tourists in science : 19th century research trips to the Mediterranean / Christiane Groeben; title: British use and support of the Naples Zoological Station prior to the First World War / Michael T. Ghiselin; title: Russian biologists at Villafranca / Sergei I. Fokin; title: Marine biology in the Adriatic Sea : an historical review / Sandra Casellato; title: Scientific travels and the wealth of nations / Giovanni Pinna.