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Darwin and modern science 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

Title
Darwin and modern science [electronic resource] : 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 / edited, for the Cambridge Philosophical Society and the Syndics of the University Press, by A.C. Seward.
Publication
Cambridge : University Press, 1910

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Additional Authors
  • Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
  • Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941.
Description
1 online resource ([3], xvii, [1], 595 p., [4] leaves of plates (1 col.)) : ill., ports.
Series Statement
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Uniform Title
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Subject
  • Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
  • Science > History
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Botanists > Great Britain > Biography
  • Naturalists > Great Britain > Biography
  • English essays > 20th century
Note
  • "First edition 1909. Reprinted 1910"--T.p. verso.
  • With half title; publisher information and device on its verso.
  • Includes editor's preface to the first edition.
  • "Dates of the publication of Charles Darwin's books and of the principal events in his life": p. [xiii]-xvii.
  • Frontispiece portrait of Darwin has facsimile of his signature; most plates have guard sheets.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
OCLC
  • 875131950
  • NCCO2010062
Title
Darwin and modern science [electronic resource] : 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 / edited, for the Cambridge Philosophical Society and the Syndics of the University Press, by A.C. Seward.
Imprint
Cambridge : University Press, 1910 (J. Clay)
Edition
2nd printing.
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
BHQVSE549408881: invoice inserted after p. [2], 1st count.
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Added Author
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941.
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