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By:
Seward, A. C. 1863-1941.
Cambridge Philosophical Society.
Cambridge University Press.

Publication info:
Cambridge,University press,1909.

Contributing Library:
MBLWHOI Library

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• Record Status: c
• Type of record: a
• Bibliographic level: m
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• Encoding level: 1
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• Control Field 001: 14519

CONTROL FIELD

• Control Field 005: 20010103081830.0

CONTROL FIELD

• Control Field 008: 860814s1909 enkacf b 01010 eng c

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER

• LC control number: 09022596 //r86

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CATALOGING SOURCE

• Original cataloging agency: DLC/ICU
• Transcribing agency: CGU
• Modifying agency: m.c.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER

• Classification number: QH366
• Item number: .S5

MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Seward, A. C.
• Dates associated with a name: 1863-1941.
• Fuller form of name: (Albert Charles),

TITLE STATEMENT

• Title: Darwin and modern science;
• Remainder of title: essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the Origin of species.
• Remainder of title page transcription/statement of responsibility: Ed. for the Cambridge philosophical society and the syndics of the University press, by A.C. Seward ...

PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)

• Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Cambridge,
• Name of publisher, distributor, etc.: University press,
• Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 1909.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

• Extent: xvii, 595 p.
• Other physical details: illus., 2 pl. (1 col.) 2 port. (incl. front)
• Dimensions: 25 cm.

BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE

• Bibliography, etc. note: "Dates of the publication of Charles Darwin's books and of the principal events in his life": p. [xiii]-xvii.

FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE

• Formatted contents note: Introductory letter to the editor from Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.--Darwin's predecessors, by J. Arthur Thomson.--The selection theory, by A. Weismann.--Variation, by Hugo de Vries.--Heredity and variation in modern lights, by W. Bateson.--The minute structure of cells in relation to heredity, by E. Strasburger.--"The descent of man," by G. Schwalbe.--Charles Darwin as an anthropologist, by E. Haeckel.--Some primitive theories of the origin of man, by J.G. Frazer.--The influence of Darwin on the study of animal embryology, by A. Sedgwick.--The palaeontological record. I. Animals, by W.B. Scott.--The palaeontological record. II. Plants, by D.H. Scott.--The influence of environment on the forms of plants, by G. Klebs.--Experimental study of the influence of environment on animals, by J. Loeb.--The value of colour in the struggle for life, by E.B. Poulton.--Geographical distribution of plants, by Sir W. Thiselton-Dyer.--Geographical distribution of animals, by H. Gadow.--Darwin and geology, by J.W. Judd.--Darwin's work on the movements of plants, by F. Darwin.--The biology of flowers, by K. Goebel.--Mental factors in evolution, by C.L. Morgan.--The influence of the conception of evolution on modern philosophy, by H. Höffding.--Darwinism and sociology, by C. Bouglé.--The influence of Darwin upon religious thought, by P.N. Waggett.--The influence of Darwinism on the study of religions, by J.E. Harrison.--Evolution and the science of language, by P. Giles.--Darwinism and history, by J.B. Bury.--The genesis of double stars, by G. Darwin.--The evolution of matter, by W.C.D. Whetham.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Darwin, Charles,
• Dates associated with a name: 1809-1882.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM

• Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Science
• General subdivision: History.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM

• Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Evolution.

ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME

• Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Cambridge Philosophical Society.

ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME

• Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Cambridge University Press.