Spatial classification is a well-defined analysis method in geography, which involves defining regions of the Earth based on shared characteristics. An analogy can be made between classification in ...

Swedish botanist Carl (or Carolus) Linnaeus is, by some measures, the most influential person ever to have lived. He is famous for devising new systems for naming and grouping all living organisms, as ...

WRITERS on the history of science are too often addicted to anecdote, ancestor worship, and undue preoccupation with the blind alleys of scientific inquiry and speculation. Dr. Singer's new book has ...