Title: The science of life /
Authors: Wells, H. G. 1866-1946; Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975; Wells, G. P.; Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975,; Wells, G. P.
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran,
Year: 1934
Subjects: Biology; Life (Biology)
Abstract: The Science of Life is a book written by H.G. Wells, Julian Huxley and G.P. Wells, giving a popular account of major aspects of biology as known in the 1920s. It has been called "the first modern textbook of biology" and "the best popular introduction to the biological sciences."
Contents: Introduction ---- BOOK ONE. The living body ---- BOOK TWO. The chief patterns of life ---- BOOK THREE. The incontrovertible fact of evolution ---- BOOK FOUR. The how and the why of development and evolution ---- BOOK FIVE. The history and adventures of life ---- BOOK SIX. The spectacle of life ---- BOOK SEVEN. Health and disease ---- BOOK EIGHT. Behaviour, feeling, and thought ---- BOOK NINE. Biology of the human race.