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Scientific Papers Of Asa Gray

by Asa Gray

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 The botanist Asa Gray (1810â€"88) was important in unifying taxonomic knowledge of North American flora. The second volume of this 1889 two-volume selection edited by Charles Sprague Sargent (1841â€"1927) contains Gray's lesser-known essays on botanical topics and biographical sketches of influential naturalists, covering a period of forty-five years.
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Elemente Der Exakten Erblichkeitslehre - Deutsche Wesentlich Erweiterte Ausgabe In Funfundzwanzig Vorlesungen

by Wilhelm Johannsen

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 The Danish plant scientist Wilhelm Johannsen (1857â€"1927) is remembered for his experimental work on plant heredity, and as a founding figure of modern genetics. This influential book, first published in 1909 (with later editions in 1913 and 1926), is a revised, expanded German translation of a 1905 Danish work.
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Facts And Arguments For Darwin - With Additions By The Author

by Fritz Muller

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 The German naturalist Fritz MÃ¼ller (1821â€"97) was an early supporter of Charles Darwin. MÃ¼ller's research in Brazil on crustaceans provided important evidence for Darwin's theory of evolution. First published in German in 1864, his book is reissued here in its 1869 English translation, for which Darwin personally provided support.
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The Expression Of The Emotions In Man And Animals

by Charles Darwin

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 After thirty years' research, during which he consulted missionaries, doctors and photographers from around the world, Charles Darwin (1809â€"1882) published this monograph in 1872. Drawing on his work on evolution, it represents the earliest systematic investigation into the shared features of human and animal expression.

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Recent Progress In The Study Of Variation, Heredity, And Evolution

by Robert Heath Lock

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 This 1906 work by the botanist Robert Heath Lock (1879â€"1915) explains contemporary evolutionary understanding, detailing the development of the study of genetics during the previous half-century, particularly at Cambridge. Covering Darwin and Mendel in particular, this remains an instructive text in the history of science.
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Problems Of Genetics

by William Bateson

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 These lectures, published at Yale in 1913, illuminate the formation of theories that are central to the modern study of genetics, heredity and evolution. In them, William Bateson (1861â€"1926) chronicles the conflicting and developing theories on taxonomy, speciation, variation and hybridisation, using a wide taxonomic range of detailed examples.
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Tropical Nature And Other Essays

by Alfred Russel Wallace

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 In this investigation of tropical life, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823â€"1913) explores in detail the features of the equatorial forest belt. First published in 1878, the book addresses some of the most delightful mysteries of contemporary evolutionary theory, from colour-changing caterpillars to the meteorology of the Amazon.
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Materials For The Study Of Variation - Treated With Especial Regard To Discontinuity In The Origin Of Species

by William Bateson

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 The work of William Bateson on variation and heredity pioneered the study of genetics. Controversial when published in 1894, this book is organised by anatomical parts. Exploring phylogeny, heredity and variation among a wide range of species, it offers insight into how the study of genetics and inheritance itself evolved.
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Life And Letters Of Thomas Henry Huxley

by Leonard Huxley e Thomas Henry Huxley

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 Published in 1903 and edited by his son Leonard Huxley, this three-volume set is the second, extended edition of the biography and selected letters of T. H. Huxley (1825â€"95). Volume 2 covers the period 1870â€"86, including his American lecture tour, and the death of his friend Charles Darwin.
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Life And Letters Of Thomas Henry Huxley

by Leonard Huxley e Thomas Henry Huxley

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 Published in 1903 and edited by his son Leonard Huxley, this three-volume set is the second, extended edition of the biography and selected letters of 'Darwin's Bulldog', T. H. Huxley (1825â€"95). Volume 1 covers the period 1825â€"69, including the publication of On the Origin of Species.
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Darwin, And After Darwin - An Exposition Of The Darwinian Theory And Discussion Of Post-Darwinian Questions

by George John Romanes

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 Written by evolutionary biologist and Royal Society Fellow George John Romanes (1848â€"94), this three-volume study of Darwin's work considers the many implications of evolution by natural selection. Published posthumously in 1895, Volume 2 focuses on the 'post-Darwinian questions' of heredity and utility in organisms.
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Darwin, And After Darwin - An Exposition Of The Darwinian Theory And Discussion Of Post-Darwinian Questions

by George John Romanes

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 Written by evolutionary biologist and Royal Society Fellow George John Romanes (1848â€"94), this three-volume study of Darwin's work considers the many implications of evolution by natural selection. First published in 1892, Volume 1 focuses on the Darwinian theory itself. This second edition appeared in 1893.
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Journal Of Researches Into The Natural History And Geology Of The Countries Visited During The Voyage Of Hms Beagle Round The World, Under The Command

by Charles Darwin

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 Published in 1845, this is the second edition of Charles Darwin's famous journal from his five-year scientific expedition on H.M.S. Beagle. The observations and discoveries he published here eventually inspired his revolutionary theory of evolution by natural selection, and so created a storm in the scientific and religious communities.
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Mental Evolution In Animals - With A Posthumous Essay On Instinct By Charles Darwin

by George John Romanes

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 Evolutionary biologist George John Romanes (1848â€"94) wrote this influential work on the evolution of the mental faculties of animals in 1883. It is one of the pioneering works of comparative psychology and contains a posthumous essay on instinct by Charles Darwin (1809â€"82), who was a friend of Romanes.
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The Life, Letters And Labours Of Francis Galton

by Karl Pearson

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 Written by his colleague Karl Pearson, this four-part biography of eugenicist Sir Francis Galton presents a detailed account of the life of the controversial scientist. First published in 1930, this first part of Volume 3 focuses on Galton's later research on correlation, personal identification, and eugenics.
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The Life, Letters And Labours Of Francis Galton

by Karl Pearson

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 Written by his colleague Karl Pearson, this four-part biography of eugenicist Sir Francis Galton presents a staggeringly detailed account of the life of the controversial scientist. First published in 1924, Volume 2 focuses on Galton's 'researches of middle life', including his anthropological research and psychological experiments.
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My Life - A Record Of Events And Opinions

by Alfred Russel Wallace

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 Alfred Russel Wallace (1823â€"1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer and biologist, best remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection. He was also a social activist, spiritualist, and early environmentalist. This 1905 autobiography recounts his long career, travels, and acquaintance with the leading scientists of his day.
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The Life, Letters And Labours Of Francis Galton

by Karl Pearson

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 Written by his colleague Karl Pearson, this four-part biography of eugenicist Sir Francis Galton presents a detailed account of the life of the controversial scientist. First published in 1930, this second part of Volume 3 includes records of Galton's travels and occupations, and recollections of friends and family.
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The Life, Letters And Labours Of Francis Galton

by Karl Pearson

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 Written by his colleague Karl Pearson, this four-part biography of eugenicist Sir Francis Galton presents a detailed account of the life of the controversial scientist. First published in 1914, Volume 1 covers the years from Galton's birth in 1822 to his marriage to Louisa Jane Butler in 1853.
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The Different Forms Of Flowers On Plants Of The Same Species

by Charles Darwin

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 After the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859 Darwin became fascinated with the potential of botanical experiments to provide evidence for the process of evolution. This 1877 book examines plant species which produce different forms of flower structures and provides the first functional interpretation of this phenomenon.
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The Variation Of Animals And Plants Under Domestication

by Charles Darwin

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 The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication follows from the first chapters of On the Origin of Species. Volume 1 deals with variations introduced into species as a result of domestication. It is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century scientific investigation and a key text in the development of Darwin's evolutionary theories.
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The Variation Of Animals And Plants Under Domestication

by Charles Darwin

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 The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication (1868), Volume 2, is concerned with how species inherit particular characteristics. Here Darwin unpacked his 'provisional hypothesis' of pangenesis and defended his theories of natural selection against those of evolution by design: the first arguments in a long debate still hot today.
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My Life - A Record Of Events And Opinions

by Alfred Russel Wallace

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 Alfred Russel Wallace (1823â€"1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer and biologist, best remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection. He was also a social activist, spiritualist, and early environmentalist. This 1905 autobiography recounts his long career, travels, and acquaintance with the leading scientists of his day.

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