Science from an Easy Chair

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS DIAGRAMS IN THE TEXT FIG. PAGE 1 The

I SCIENCE AND PRACTICE

II UNIVERSITY TRAINING

III DARWIN'S THEORY

IV DARWIN'S DISCOVERIES

V DARWIN'S THEORY UNSHAKEN

VI METCHNIKOFF AND TOLSTOI

VII THE LAND OF AZURE BLUE

VIII FRESH-WATER JELLY-FISHES

IX THE STORY OF THE COMMON EEL

X MODERN HORSES AND THEIR ANCESTORS

XI A RIVAL OF THE FABLED UPAS TREE

XII POISONS AND STINGS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS

XIII THE DRAGON: A FANCY OR A FACT

XIV OYSTERS

XV MATERNAL CARE AND MOLLUSCS

XVI THE HEART'S BEAT

XVII SLEEP

XVIII THE UNIVERSAL STRUCTURE OF LIVING THINGS

XIX PROTOPLASM, LIFE AND DEATH

XX CHEMISTRY AND PROTOPLASM

XXI THE SIMPLEST LIVING THINGS

XXII TADPOLES AND FROGS

XXIII ABOUT THE STARS

XXIV COMETS

XXV ABOUT CHOLERA

XXVI SEA-BREEZES, MOUNTAIN AIR, AND OZONE

XXVII OXYGEN GAS FOR ATHLETES AND OTHERS

XXVIII SPARROWS, TROUT, AND SELECTIVE BREEDING

XXIX THE FEEBLE-MINDED

XXX DEATH-RATES

XXXI GOSSAMER

XXXII THE JUMPING BEAN

XXXIII PROTECTIVE COLOURING IN ANIMALS

XXXIV HOP-BLIGHT

XXXV GREEN-FLIES, PLANT-LICE, AND PARTHENOGENESIS

XXXVI THE DEADLY PHYLLOXERA

XXXVII CLOTHES MOTHS

XXXVIII STONE AND WOOD BORERS

XXXIX CHRISTMAS FARE

XL THE ORIGIN OF OPIUM

XLI THE MOST ANCIENT MEN

XLII THE CAVE-MEN'S SKULLS

XLIII MORE ABOUT THE NEANDER MEN

INDEX

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

  • Extinct Animals
  • The Kingdom of Man
  • From an Easy Chair


SCIENCE FROM AN
EASY CHAIR

BY

Sir RAY LANKESTER
K.C.B., F.R.S.

WITH EIGHTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

SECOND EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON


First Published April 14th 1910
Second Edition May 1910

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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