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[Taxacom] Why is taxonomy so dull?

Dilrukshan Wijesinghe dpwijesinghe at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 26 03:19:20 CST 2021


Link to Systematics Association President’s Lecture by David M Williams (24th November 2021): “Why is taxonomy so dull?”

https://youtu.be/DJfZJ2fZHb8

Enjoy!


Priyantha 

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> On Nov 24, 2021, at 4:25 PM, Scott Thomson via Taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:
> 
> Thanks David, yes I knew it was ironic. My response was to the title and my
> memories of hearing that or similar said many times in seriousness by
> people of other fields.
> 
> Glad it was recorded I would like to see the talk also.
> 
> Cheers Scott
> 
>> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 5:03 PM David Williams - Botany via Taxacom <
>> taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> If you glance at the abstract, you'll notice the title was supposed to be
>> ironic.
>> 
>> Yes, it was recorded -- it'll be on the Systematics Assocation Youtube
>> channel at some point.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> on behalf of Frank T.
>> Krell via Taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
>> Sent: 24 November 2021 20:03
>> To: Taxa com <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Why is taxonomy so dull?
>> 
>> This is already over, I guess. Does anybody have a link to a potential
>> recording?
>> 
>> Frank
>> 
>> 
>> Dr. Frank-Thorsten Krell
>> 
>> Senior Curator of Entomology, Editor-in-Chief
>> Commissioner and Councillor, International Commission on Zoological
>> Nomenclature
>> Department of Zoology
>> Denver Museum of Nature & Science
>> 2001 Colorado Blvd
>> Denver, Colorado 80205-5798, U.S.A.
>> Frank.krell at dmns.org
>> Phone 303.370.8244
>> Fax 303.331.6492
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> On Behalf Of John
>> Grehan via Taxacom
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 11:48 AM
>> To: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
>> Subject: [Taxacom] Why is taxonomy so dull?
>> 
>> Upcoming talk by David Williams. See link at
>> 
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