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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer
George Iles
155 pages~3 hr 5 min read26 chapters$4.99
George Iles gathers the naturalists who could make science sing, opening with Darwin's own summary of the argument for On the Origin of Species. These short masterpieces show great observers turning fact into meaning, interpreter and seer at once. A sampler of science written to be loved. Read the finest minds explaining the living world.
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26 chapters
- 1LITTLE MASTERPIECES OF SCIENCE
- 2Little Masterpieces of Science
- 3Edited by George Iles
- 4THE NATURALIST AS INTERPRETER AND SEER
- 5DOUBLEDAY, PAGE COMPANY
- 6PREFACE
- 7CONTENTS
- 8THE NATURALIST AS INTERPRETER AND SEER
- 9THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: THE ARGUMENT IN SUMMARY
- 10Charles Darwin
- 11FOOTNOTES:
- 12HOW “THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES” CAME TO BE WRITTEN.
- 13FOOTNOTES:
- 14THE DESCENT OF MAN
- 15Charles Darwin
- 16MIMICRY AND OTHER PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCES AMONG ANIMALS
- 17Alfred Russel Wallace
- 18FOOTNOTES:
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