The Naming of the Shrew by John Wright

The Naming of the Shrew

John Wright

320 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction nature science adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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Latin names - frequently unpronounceable, all too often wrong and always a tiny puzzle to unravel - have been annoying the layman since they first became formalised as scientific terms in the eighteenth century. Why on earth has the entirely land-...

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3.88
based on 36 reviews

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informative: 100%

challenging: 50%

funny: 33%

lighthearted: 33%

relaxing: 16%


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50% of readers chose slow
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