Biology from Kenneth Wilsher

A collection of the many essays and lectures by Darwin's stalwart defender, Huxley, on the subject of evolution. Ex-Library mark on spine and library stamp on inside front cover - otherwise in very good condition - essentially unread. No markings in the text.

A key book from a fascinating moment in the history of the science of genetics. Weismann summerises and criticises the various current theories of inheritance - Darwin, Lamarck, Nagelli. Exposition of Weismann's germ plasm theory, somatic and germ cells, drawings of the stages of cell division showing what I think would be called chromosoms today - he calls them "loops".… Read more about this item

A complet but fragile edition of this important historical work. A massive achievment by Chambers (of encyclopedia fame) , summerising scientific knowledge of the origin of the earth, plants, animals and man at the beginning of the Victorian age. Fascinating sections on Astronomy, Geology, Evolution. Babbage's calculating engine as a kind of complex sequencer cf. evolution is discussed on page 254. Front… Read more about this item