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Richard Owen

    July 20, 1804 – December 18, 1892

    Richard Owen was an English biologist, comparative anatomist, and paleontologist, best remembered for coining the term Dinosauria. While agreeing that evolution occurred, Owen challenged Darwin's theory of natural selection, proposing a more complex evolutionary process. His work anticipated modern evolutionary developmental biology, and he was instrumental in establishing the Natural History Museum in London, forever changing the purpose of museums. Owen's legacy lies in his scientific discoveries and his influence on public institutions.

    Essential Law Series: Essential European Community Law
    Palaeontology
    Answering the Ultimate Question
    Palæontology: or, a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations
    • Palaeontology

      A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and their Geological Relations

      • 444 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      This systematic summary delves into extinct animals and their geological relationships, providing a comprehensive overview of paleontology as understood in the 19th century. The book, a faithful reprint of the 1860 original, serves as a valuable resource for understanding the evolution and classification of extinct species, reflecting the scientific knowledge and methodologies of its time.

      Palaeontology2018
    • Answering the Ultimate Question

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Fred Reichheld's 2006 book The Ultimate Question, that question being, "How likely is it that you would recommend this company to a friend or colleague?"-challenged the conventional wisdom of customer satisfaction programs. It coined the terms 'bad profits' and 'good profits' and pointed to a faster, much more accurate way of gauging customers' real loyalty to a company, introducing a quantitative measure (the Net Promoter Score) for establishing a baseline and effectively tracking changes going forward. Richard Owen and Laura Brooks are co-developers, along with Reichheld, of the methodology behind answering the question. In this book, Owen and Brooks tell how based on a variety of real case studies' to actually embed Net Promoter discipline in organizations of all types.

      Answering the Ultimate Question2008
      3.6
    • The Essentials series aims to help students pass exams. It looks at major subjects and the main topics within those subjects, thereby offering an understanding of the important principles, regardless of the structure of the course or primary textbook. This work covers European Community law.

      Essential Law Series: Essential European Community Law1994