Collecting, classifying, and interpreting nature: Linnaeus and Buffon, 1735-1788
New specimens: transforming natural history into a scientific discipline, 1760-1840
Comparing structure: the key to the order of nature, 1789-1848
New tools and standard practices, 1840-1859
Darwin's synthesis: the theory of evolution, 1830-1882
Studying function: an alternative vision for the science of life, 1809-1900
Victorian fascination: the golden age of natural history, 1880-1900
New synthesis: the modern theory of evolution, 1900-1950
The naturalist as generalist: E.O. Wilson, 1950-1994.
