The system of animate nature : the Gifford lectures delivered in the University of St. Andrews in the years 1915 and 1916 / by J. Arthur Thomson.
Series: Gifford lectures (University of St. Andrews) ; 1915-1916 | Gifford lectures (University of St. Andrews)Publication details: London : Williams and Norgate, 1920.Description: 2v. ; 22 cmISBN:- (Hbk.)
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Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Non-Loanable Book | Library | Reserve | 570 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Vol. 1 | Not for loan | 000307505 | |
Non-Loanable Book | Library | Reserve | 570 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Vol. 2 | Not for loan | 000307506 |
Paged continuously.
Bibliography: v. 2, p. [653]-673
v. 1. The unfathomed universe and the aim of science -- The realm of organisms contrasted with the domain of the inorganic -- -- The criteria of livingness -- Organism and mechanism -- The uniqueness of life -- Animal behaviour -- The problem of body and mind -- The fact of beauty -- The issues of life -- Adaptiveness and purposiveness. v. 2. The concept of evolution -- Great steps in organic evolution -- Originative factors in evolution: variation -- Directive factors in evolution: selection -- The individual and the race: heredity -- The evolution of mind and mind in evolution -- Nature crowned in man -- Disharmonies and other shadows -- The control of life: lessons of evolution -- Vis medicatrix naturae.
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