A review by srsmn
The Naming of the Shrew: A Curious History of Latin Names by John Wright

3.0

well researched but poorly laid out!! wright clearly has a deep love for the subject matter but i don't think i'd have finished the book if i wasn't already 'into' binominal nomenclature.

gotta take away some stars for the author making an insane throwaway comment about how bringing back the idea of subspecies within Homo sapiens would "glory in our heterogeneity rather than pretending it does not exist" ????? just very weird and he also quotes eugenicist freak michael a. woodley while doing so.