Everyday Biology

This work pretends to no new discoveries; it is not comprehensive. It is "an unconventional introduction to biological ways of thinking". It sticks close to everyday experience, is full of human interest, and imbued with the spirit of both scientific inquiry and a ripened philosophy of living. It is a book for the educated layman, rather than for the classroom, but one must say this primarily because our pedantry and our strenuous efforts to divide the domain of knowledge into narrow special... Voir plus