Description |
xxx, 351 pages ; 24 cm |
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Cover title. |
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British ed. published in 1958 by International University Society has title: Biology: a course of selected reading by authorities. |
Contents |
Man as science shows him / Dean Mathews -- The threefold unity of life / T. H. Huxley -- The doctrine of spontaneous generation / L. Pasteur -- How life began / J. D. Bernal -- The chemistry of life / Philip Eggleton -- Structure and function in the living cell / John E. Harris -- The biology of enzymes / D. W. Ewer -- The wonders of plant life / Sir J. C. Bose -- How plants can record their own story / Sir J. C. Bose -- The stream of life / Arthur Dendy -- Natural selection in evolution / Charles Darwin -- Biological foundations of society / Arthur Dendy -- The biological order / C. H. Waddington -- Experiments in plant hybridization / Gregor Mendel -- Genetics as a science / Sir Julian Huxley -- From egg to adult / Michael Abercrombie -- Flowers and their visitors / C. K. Sprengel -- The genetic basis of adaptation / E. B. Ford -- Medical science and social progress / Viscount Dawson -- Genetics and Eugenics / Gunnar Dahlberg -- The human post office / Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer -- What is a hormone / Sir S. Zuckerman -- Why do birds migrate / Sir A. L. Thomson -- Rigidy and learning: Ants and men / Norbert Wiener -- The impassable barrier between brutes and man / Max Muller -- A definition of a man / Kenneth P. Oakley -- Seeing into future times / S. G. Soal -- Diseases in general / R. Burton -- The prevention of smallpox / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu -- Pasteur and his work / Lord Lister -- Experiments on frogs and men / A. V. Hill -- Can influeza be reduced / C. H. Andrewes -- Public opinion in preventive medicine / Sir George Newman -- International public health / G. E. Vincent -- Chemotherapy / Sir Alexander Fleming -- Concerning old age / Sir Humphry Rolleston -- Pressure of population on land resources / Sir James Scott Watson -- Progress in the evolutionary future / Sir Julian Huxley -- The greater problems of biology / Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson |
Subject |
Biology.
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Biology. |
Added Author |
Zuckerman, Solly, Baron, 1904-1993.
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International University Society.
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