ScHEiNFELD, Amram. You and Heredity. Stokes, 1938. [An amusingly wrkten and illus- 

 trat«i account of heredity among human beings, full of varied and reliable information- 

 a special section on the inheritance of musical talent.] 



Whitney, David D. Family Treasures. Cattell Press, 1942. [Fully illustrated records of 

 the inheritance of various physical features of human beings.] 



United States Department of Agriculture Yearbooks: 1936, Better Plants and Animab I- 

 1937, Better Plants and Animals, II. Government Printing Office. [Splendid reference 

 books on both the practical and the theoretical aspects of improving domesticated breeds 

 oi plants and animals.] 



UNIT SEVEN . WHY CANNOT PLANTS AND ANIMALS LIVE FOREVER? 



CoLCORD, Joanna C. Your Community, Its Provisions for Health, Education, Safety and 

 Welfare Russell S^ge. Foundation, 1941. [A good outline to suggest what to look for 

 in deciding upon the practical steps citizens have to take to further the life and welfare 

 of the community.] 



Eberson, Frederick. The Microbe s Challenge. Cattell Press, 1941. [Makes clear every- 

 body s concern with the interrelations between the various microbes and the human race ] 



Fitzpatrick, Frederick L. The Control of Organisms. Bureau of Publications, Teachers 

 College, Columbia University, 1940. [An interesting survey of man's methods for en- 

 couraging or suppressing various species of plants and animals that bear upon our lives ] 



Root, Amos J. The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture. Root, 1935. [A very good practical 

 manual on all phases of raising bees and making them produce honey for us.] 



Sears, Paul B. Life and Environment. Bureau of Publications, Teachers College Colum- 

 bia University, 1939. [An interesting and eye-opening account of the interactions be- 

 tween plant and animal communities.] 



Zinsser, Hans. Rats, Lice and History. Little, Brown, 1935. [A delightful and enter- 

 taining book about things in general, but particularly about typhus fever and the rela- 

 tion of trivial animals to the course of history.] 



UNIT EIGHT . V/HAT ARE THE USES OF BIOLOGY? 



Bell, Howard N. Youth Tell Their Story. American Council on Education, 1938. 

 Based on interviews with young people; clears up the connections between the prob- 

 lems each one has to face and the changing customs of the entire population.] 



Butler, Ovid. American Conservation in Picture and Story. American Forestry Associa- 

 tion, 1935. [Easy reading; shows how far-reaching the influences of any industry or 

 business can be.] 



de Kruif, Paul. Health Is Wealth. Harcourt, 1940. [Snappy account of the relation 

 between our general welfare and the controllable factors that influence our health ] 



Furnas, C. C. The Next Hundred Years. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1936. [A survey of what 

 science has done to change our lives, with an attempt to look ahead to further changes 

 in our welfare and our ways of living.] 



Huxley, Julian S. Science and Social Needs. Harper, 1935. [Based on radio interviews 

 with British scientists and others; easy reading and full of suggestions about the chang- 

 ing world.] 



United States Department of Agriculture Yearbooks: 1940, Farmers in a Changing World; 

 1938, Soils and Men. [Excellent surveys of the relationship between man and the soil, and 

 of the great changes brought about in our lives by the growth of science, seen especially 

 from the point of view of the farming population but full of significance for all of us.] 



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