| Author | Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 10024460 |
| Title | Science from an Easy Chair |
| Contents | Science and practice -- University training -- Darwin's theory -- Darwin's discoveries -- Darwin's theory unshaken -- Metchnikoff and Tolstoi -- The land of azure blue -- Fresh-water jelly-fishes -- The story of the common eel -- Modern horses and their ancestors -- A rival of the fabled upas tree -- Poisons and stings of plants and animals -- The dragon: a fancy or a fact -- Oysters -- Maternal care and molluscs -- The heart's beat -- Sleep -- The universal structure of living things -- Protoplasm, life and death -- Chemistry and protoplasm -- The simplest living things -- Tadpoles and frogs -- About the stars -- Comets -- About cholera -- Sea-breezes, mountain air, and ozone -- Oxygen gas for athletes and others -- Sparrows, trout, and selective breeding -- The feeble-minded -- Death-rates -- Gossamer -- The jumping bean -- Protective colouring in animals -- Hop-blight -- Green-flies, plant-lice, and parthenogenesis -- The deadly Phylloxera -- Clothes moths -- Stone and wood borers -- Christmas fare -- The origin of opium -- The most ancient men -- The cave-men's skulls -- More about the Neander Men. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | Q: Science |
| Subject | Science |
| Subject | Natural history |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 57136 |
| Release Date | May 11, 2018 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 56 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Price | $0.00 |
