Foremost, I consider myself an ichthyologist (I don't know... does spending
approximately 160 hours snorkling/observing fish spawning in the prairie
potholes of SD last summer qualify me as a field guy?); however, I also
"smash cells" to answer important questions about the natural history of the
species I am investigating. How does that grab everyone?
Anyway, I understand some of the prickly, er, pessimistic views towards
molecular guys that do no field work in their system of interest... and I'd
like to obtain a copy of the article you describe.
Thanks.
Mike Bessert
Lincoln, NE
on 2/19/02 9:49 PM, Jay DeLong at thirdwind_at_att.net wrote:
> This disussion reminds me of an issue of Orion magazine (does anyone get
> that magazine?). It was the Autumn 2001 issue and was titled "Why Natural
> History?" The main article was called "The Rise and Fall of Natural
> History: How a Science Grew and Eclipsed Direct Experience". It discussed
> the shift in university curricula from field biology to that of
> cell-smashers (Martin's term, not the magazine's).
>
> I could rev up my scanner if anyone is interested...
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net On Behalf
>> Of Irate Mormon
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:07 AM
>> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>> Subject: Re: NANFA-- TN vs. AL fish diversity
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> If he's not a "real" ichthyologist, why did he become co-author
>> of one of
>>> the better ichthyology textbooks? Although hanging out with
>> Bruce Collette
>>> may have given him more street cred, je suppose...
>>
>> I don't know, other than perhaps he teaches undergrad ichthology
>> and didn't
>> like the existing texts. I thought that was rather curious,
>> myself. Which
>> isn't to say that Gene doesn't know anything about ichthyology
>> (as I define
>> it), quite the opposite; merely that it's not his principal pursuit.
>>
>
>
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