Chapters on evolution / by Andrew Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Andrew, 1852-1912, author.

Contributor:

G.P. Putnam's Sons, publisher.

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xv, 383 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883.

Contents:

The problem stated

The study of biology

The constitution of the animal and plant kingdoms

Concerning protoplasm

The evidence from rudimentary organs

The evidence from the tails, limbs, and lungs of animals

The evidence furnished by the science of likenesses

The evidence from missing links

The evidence from development : the earlier stages in the life-history of animals

The evidence from development : the life-histories of star-fishes and crustaceans

The evidence from development : the development of molluscs, amphibians, &c.

The evidence from the life-histories of insects

The evidence from the constitution of colonial or compound animals

The fertilisation of flowers

The evidence from degeneration

Geology and evolution.

Notes:

Includes index.

With 259 llustrations--title page.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Rare copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Other Format:

Online version: Wilson, Andrew, 1852-1912. Chapters on evolution.

OCLC:

8073078