{"product_id":"9783540674061","title":"Multicellular Animals: Volume II: The Phylogenetic System of the Metazoa","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMulticellular Animals: Volume II: The Phylogenetic System of the Metazoa\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAx, Peter; Kinsey, S.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThose who wish for permanence in classifi­ cation must pay the price of stasis - as if for­ ever condemned to confound whales with fish. M. T. Ghiselin 1981, p. 283 Scientific argument is a debate concerned with the solution of unresolved problems. Before continuing with the phylogenetic system of the Metazoa this foreword gives me the opportunity to discuss some controversial ques­ tions, to state selected positions more precisely and to remedy omissions. I would like to draw special attention to serious problems for phylogenetic systematics resulting from the inevitable confrontation with the current rules of nomenclature 1. In carrying out this debate, I hope not to lose the goodwill of those readers who are experts within the first few pages. A textbook for students? - Critics who ask that question and answer in the negative probably underestimate the open-mindedness of young people who are not troubled by, or can easily free themselves from, the restraints and arbitrariness of traditional classifications - and to whom systematics is offered as a scientific product in such a form that arguments for every single decision are comprehensible and checkable and can therefore be fully analyzed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2000-08-28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783540674061\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-662-10396-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 234cm x156cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 396\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50148590649484,"sku":"9783540674061","price":197.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783540674061.jpg?v=1779566021","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783540674061","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}