The art of naming

Prologue: The beauty of names

Acknowledgments

Note on the images

1. Hitler and the Fledermaus

2. How species get their names

3. Words, proper names, individuals

4. Types and the materiality of names

5. The curio collection of animal names

6. "I shall name this beetle after my beloved wife ..."

7. "A new species a day"

8. Who counts the species, names the names?

9. Naming nothing

Epilogue: On labeling.

Prologue : the beauty of names

1. Hitler and the Fledermaus

2. How species get their names

3. Words, proper names, individuals

4. Types and the materiality of names

5. The curio collection of animal names

6. "I shall name this beetle after my beloved wife ..."

7. "A new species a day"

8. Who counts the species, names the names?

9. Naming nothing

Epilogue: On labeling.