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Nature of Science

11/11/2015

 
When scientists develop explanations about the world, they share data, information and explanations about phenomena they are trying to explain. Because scientists are communicating with other scientists, they need a common vocabulary.
Scientists working in biosystematics, conservation and biosecurity must know what organisms they are talking about, so they use the same universal
classification ideas.

Why are most scientific names in Latin?
​Latin is the historical language of scholars and has been in use since Linnaeus first published his book on the systematic naming of plants, and because Latin is not in widespread use anymore, it is not evolving as a language or changing over time.

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