Modern GeographyNewbigin, Marion I. (Marion Isabel)
Science
Modern Geography
Newbigin, Marion I. (Marion Isabel)
Geography
71. =PLANT LIFE.= =By J. B. Farmer, D. Sc., F. R. S.=, Professor of
Botany in the Imperial College of Science, London. This very fully
illustrated volume contains an account of the salient features of
plant form and function.
63. =THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF LIFE.= =By Benjamin M. Moore=,
Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Liverpool.
90. =CHEMISTRY.= =By Raphael Meldola, F. R. S.=, Professor of
Chemistry, Finsbury Technical College. Presents the way in which
the science has developed and the stage it has reached.
53. =ELECTRICITY.= =By Gisbert Kapp=, Professor of Electrical
Engineering, University of Birmingham.
54. =THE MAKING OF THE EARTH.= =By J. W. Gregory=, Professor of
Geology, Glasgow University. 38 maps and figures. Describes the
origin of the earth, the formation and changes of its surface and
structure, its geological history, the first appearance of life,
and its influence upon the globe.
56. =MAN: A HISTORY OF THE HUMAN BODY.= =By A. Keith, M. D.=,
Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons, London. Shows how
the human body developed.
74. =NERVES.= =By David Fraser Harris, M. D.=, Professor of
Physiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax. Explains in
non-technical language the place and powers of the nervous system.
21. =AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE.= =By Prof. J. Arthur Thomson=,
Science Editor of the Home University Library. For those
unacquainted with the scientific volumes in the series, this should
prove an excellent introduction.
14. =EVOLUTION.= =By Prof. J. Arthur Thomson and Prof. Patrick
Geddes.= Explains to the layman what the title means to the
scientific world.
23. =ASTRONOMY.= =By A. R. Hinks=, Chief Assistant at the Cambridge
Observatory. "Decidedly original in substance, and the most
readable and informative little book on modern astronomy we have
seen for a long time."--_Nature._
24. =PSYCHICAL RESEARCH.= =By Prof. W. F. Barrett=, formerly
President of the Society for Psychical Research.
9. =THE EVOLUTION OF PLANTS.= =By Dr. D. H. Scott=, President of
the Linnean Society of London. The story of the development of
flowering plants, from the earliest zoological times, unlocked from
technical language.
43. =MATTER AND ENERGY.= =By F. Soddy=, Lecturer in Physical
Chemistry and Radioactivity, University of Glasgow. "Brilliant. Can
hardly be surpassed. Sure to attract attention."--_New York Sun._
41. =PSYCHOLOGY, THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOUR.= =By William McDougall=,
of Oxford. A well digested summary of the essentials of the science
put in excellent literary form by a leading authority.
42. =THE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY.= =By Prof. J. G. McKendrick=. A
compact statement by the Emeritus Professor at Glasgow, for
uninstructed readers.
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