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Cassell and Company Limited
Language
English
Pages
912

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Biology, Popular works, Life (Biology), Popular Works

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1934, Doubleday, Doran
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1934, The Literary Guild
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1931, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION. The Range, Nature and Study of Living Things Page 3
BOOK 1. THE LIVING BODY Page 17
Chapter 1. The Body is a Machine Page 19
Chapter 2. The Complex Body-Machine and How it Works Page 24
Chapter 3. The Harmony and Direction of the Body-Machine Page 63
Chapter 4. The Wearing Out of the Machine and its Reproduction Page 88
BOOK 2. THE CHIEF PATTERNS OF LIFE Page 103
Chapter 1. The First Great Phylum: Vertebrates Page 105
Chapter 2. The Second Great Phylum: Arthropods Page 120
Chapter 3. Further Patterns of Individualized Animal Life Page 130
Chapter 4. Less Individualized Animals Page 144
Chapter 5. Vegetable Life Page 154
Chapter 6. The Lowly and Minute Page 167
Chapter 7. Is Our Knowledge of the Forms of Life Complete? Page 187
BOOK 3. THE INCONTROVERTIBLE FACT OF EVOLUTION Page 189
Chapter 1. The Fact to be Proved Page 191
Chapter 2. The Evidence of the Rocks Page 194
Chapter 3. The Evidence from Plant and Animal Structure Page 216
Chapter 4. The Evidence from the Variation and Distribution of Living Things Page 228
Chapter 5. The Evolution of Man Page 247
BOOK 4. THE HOW AND THE WHY OF DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION Page 259
Chapter 1. The Essence of the Controversies about Evolution Page 261
Chapter 2. How Individuals Originate Page 267
Chapter 3. The Mechanism of Inheritance Page 282
Chapter 4. The A B C of Genetics Page 287
Chapter 5. The Growth of the Individual Page 314
Chapter 6. What Determines Sex Page 337
Chapter 7. Variation of Species Page 350
Chapter 8. Selection in Evolution Page 364
Chapter 9. Is There a Mystical Evolutionary Urge? Page 380
BOOK 5. THE HISTORY AND ADVENTURES OF LIFE Page 389
Chapter 1. The Prologue Page 391
Chapter 2. Life Before Fossils Page 401
Chapter 3. The Era of Craling and Swimming: Evolution in the Water Page 410
Chapter 4. Life Conquers the Dry Land Page 426
Chapter 5. The Full Conquest of the Land Page 447
Chapter 6. The Modern Era Page 468
Chapter 7. Man Dawns upon the World Page 481
BOOK 6. THE SPECTACLE OF LIFE Page 497
Chapter 1. Habitats Page 499
Chapter 2. Life in the Sea Page 508
Chapter 3. Life in Fresh Water and on Land Page 531
Chapter 4. Some Special Aspects of Life Page 555
Chapter 5. The Science of Ecology Page 578
Chapter 6. Life under Control Page 607
BOOK 7. HEALTH AND DISEASE Page 619
Chapter 1. Infectious and Contagious Disease Page 621
Chapter 2. The Nourishment of the Body Page 634
Chapter 3. Fresh Air and Sunlight Page 646
Chapter 4. The Present Health of Homo Sapiens Page 653
BOOK 8. BEHAVIOUR, FEELING AND THOUGHT Page 661
Chapter 1. Rudiments of Behaviour Page 663
Chapter 2. How Insects and Other Invertebrates Behave Page 689
Chapter 3. The Evolution of Behaviour in Vertebrates Page 720
Chapter 4. Consciousness Page 760
Chapter 5. The Culminating Brain Page 764
Chapter 6. The Cortex at Work Page 770
Chapter 7. Human Behaviour and the Human Mind Page 787
Chapter 8. Modern Ideas of Conduct Page 827
Chapter 9. Borderland Science and the Question of Personal Survival Page 839
BOOK 9. BIOLOGY OF THE HUMAN RACE Page 855
Chapter 1. Peculiarities of the Species Homo Sapiens Page 857
Chapter 2. The Present Phase of Human Association Page 866
INDEX. Page 881

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Author
H. G. Wells
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Julian Huxley
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G. P. Wells

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Hardback
Pagination
xvi, 895
Number of pages
912
Dimensions
27.5 x 19.5 x 5.2 centimeters
Weight
2.6 kilos

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November 9, 2021 Edited by mheiman Merge works
September 26, 2010 Edited by Barry Searle minor amendment
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September 26, 2010 Edited by Barry Searle more contents added
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