From Taxonomy to Phylogenetics Life and Work of Willi Hennig

Willi Hennig (1913-1976), laid the fundaments of a 'scientific revolution' in Biological Systematics by his method called "Phylogenetic Systematics". The book describes the historical development of this 'scientific revolution', and highlights the life and the work of a...

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Main Author Schmitt, Michael
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston BRILL 2013
Brill
Edition1
Subjects
Biologists
Biologists-Germany-Biography
Biology
Biology-Classification
Cladistic analysis
Hennig, Willi,-1913-1976
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One IntroductIon -- Chapter Two Willi Hennig's Biography -- 2.1. A Simple Life in Imperial Germany-Willi Hennig's Family Background and Childhood -- 2.2. A Gifted Young Man-Time in Dresden, at School and at the Museum -- 2.3. Studying Insects -- 2.4. Find a Job and Found a Family -- 2.5. An Entomologist at War -- 2.6. Willi Hennig's Time at the Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (DEI) after WWII -- 2.7. After the Wall-From Berlin to Ludwigsburg -- 2.8. Early Debates -- 2.9. Attempts to Improve a Situation -- 2.10. Zenith and Sudden End -- Chapter Three Willi Hennig's Personality-The Shy Revolutioniser -- Chapter Four The Taxonomist -- 4.1. Taxonomy of Extant Animals -- 4.2. Amber Fossils -- Chapter Five The Systematist -- 5.1. The Era Until 1960 -- 5.2. Phylogenetic systematics (1966) -- 5.3. Mayr and the "Evolutionary Classification" -- 5.4. Later Works -- 5.5. Hennig and Cladistics -- Chapter Six The Philosopher -- Chapter Seven The "Hennigian Revolution" -- Chapter Eight Willi Hennig-A Man of Order -- References -- Name Index -- Index of Subjects