Animal intelligence: Experimental studiesThorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)
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Animal intelligence: Experimental studies
Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)
Animal intelligence; Psychology, Comparative
“The author long ago won his spurs in this field, through his unrivaled
researches in the phenomena of regeneration; and he has now proved
himself a master of compilation—selecting the most significant
experiments carried on in various countries, weighing them fairly, and
summing up with a conservatism which is perhaps the most valuable feature
of the book. The thoroughness and lucidity of the work make it serve
three distinct purposes: the intelligent layman without any previous
knowledge of the subject may read and appreciate any part of it; the
student of experimental zoölogy will find it a veritable vade mecum; and
the advanced scientist will be glad to refer to the generous summaries of
literature relating to each subject.”—_Nation._
“Professor Morgan has, however, done much sound and some brilliant work.
In his special field, the regrowth of amputated parts and the relation
of this property to the general theory of evolution, his experiments
have become classic, and he is himself one of the first authorities
in the world. His own eminence in the field, combined with a simple,
straightforward style, and a just and sympathetic appreciation of the
work of other men, even when their opinions are opposed to his own,
render him especially well fitted to sum up the general results of the
new science. This he has accomplished with marked success in the work
before us. He has succeeded in bringing together a large body of fact
without becoming dull; without being fatuously ‘popular,’ he has been
untechnical and clear.”—_Boston Transcript._
The Protozoa
By GARY N. CALKINS, Ph.D., Instructor in Zoölogy, Columbia University
_Cloth, 347 pp., 8vo, $3.00 net_
“The author has not aimed at putting forward an exhaustive, severely
scientific treatise upon the group in question. His work may be described
rather as a simple and intelligible introduction to the study of the
Protozoa and of the many fascinating biological problems connected with,
or illustrated by, this subdivision of the animal kingdom, in such a way
as to awaken the interest of the beginner, no less than to strengthen the
hands of the expert.”—_Nature._
Text-book of Palæontology
By KARL A. VON ZITTEL, Professor of Geology and Palæontology in the
University of Munich. Translated and edited by CHARLES R. EASTMAN, Ph.D.,
in charge of Vertebrate Palæontology in the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy
at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.
_Vol. I. Cloth, 670 pp., with 1476 woodcuts, 8vo, $7.50 net_
_Vol. II. Cloth, 283 pp., with 373 woodcuts, $3.00 net_
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