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Darwiniana
by Thomas H. Huxley
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Ist
- Published
- 1893
- Binding
- Marron Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Menlo Park, California, USA
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SGD 54.77
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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. Item Price
SGD 54.77
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Essays Upon Heredity, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
by Weismann
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Second edition of Vol. 1 as issued with 1st ed. Vol. 2
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- 1891-2
- Binding
- Blue cloth
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- 1
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Menlo Park, California, USA
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SGD 205.38
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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 Item Price
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Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
by Chambers
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 2nd edition American from the 3rd London edition
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- 1845
- Binding
- Full calf
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Menlo Park, California, USA
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SGD 342.30
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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.
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SGD 342.30
