Leisure-time studies, chiefly biological. A series of essays and lectures

By

Wilson, Andrew, 1852-1912

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Lond, Chatto & Windus, [1879]

Notes

Contents: The place, method, and advantages of biology in ordinary education.--Science-culture for the masses.--A study of lower life.--Some facts and fictions of zoology.--The sea-serpents of science.--Some animal architects.--The genesis of life.--Parasites and their development.--The law of likeness, and its working.--Some moot points in natural history.--The origin of nerves.--Animals and their environments.--What I saw in an ant's nest.--A summer's day.--Science and poetry.

Subjects

Essays, addresses, etc , Natural history

Call Number

504 W74

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.18221
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51425663