My bad--for some reason I thought my piece on NPR would air this morning. It was on the news tonight. And you can listen to it here.
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Just heard it hear in Montana about a 1/2 hour ago. Enjoyed it... Are you going to send the link for this post to Brian at Laelaps for the next Linnaeus' Legacy carnival?
Also, are there any books out there that cover the history of taxonomy?
I got to ask a question on that show last year! Yay!
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6668533
Great stuff that NPR!
General nitpickiness: Linnaeus had three kingdoms - he also included minerals as a kingdom.
Also, diversity of bacteria was first identified by the staining properties (Gram positive and Gram negative), before molecular work.
Otherwise nice...
I caught it on NPR (New York City), and enjoyed it very much. Thanks!