The Life and Letters of George John RomanesLongmans Breen and C, 1896 - 776 pages "In writing my husband's life I have tried, so far as it was possible, to let him, especially in matters scientific, speak for himself. The letters relating to his work will, I hope, interest any one who cares for biological science"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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... questions . The letters relating to his work will , I hope , interest any one who cares for biological science . Whatever may be the exact place which shall be assigned to him , by those who come after , in the great army of workers for ...
... questions . The letters relating to his work will , I hope , interest any one who cares for biological science . Whatever may be the exact place which shall be assigned to him , by those who come after , in the great army of workers for ...
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... question on Natural Selection which occurred in the Tripos papers he could give no answer . By this time he had abandoned the idea of Holy Orders , perhaps on account of the opposition at home , perhaps because of the first beginnings ...
... question on Natural Selection which occurred in the Tripos papers he could give no answer . By this time he had abandoned the idea of Holy Orders , perhaps on account of the opposition at home , perhaps because of the first beginnings ...
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... creatures . Agassiz had maintained it did , others considered his deductions premature , and Huxley , in his ' Classification of Animals , ' summed up the much - debated question by saying that ' 16 1874- GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
... creatures . Agassiz had maintained it did , others considered his deductions premature , and Huxley , in his ' Classification of Animals , ' summed up the much - debated question by saying that ' 16 1874- GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
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... question , whether or not a nervous system , known to be present in all animals higher in the zoological scale , makes its first appearance in the Medusæ , that Mr. Romanes entered upon a long series of physiological experi- ments ...
... question , whether or not a nervous system , known to be present in all animals higher in the zoological scale , makes its first appearance in the Medusæ , that Mr. Romanes entered upon a long series of physiological experi- ments ...
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... questions of physiology relating to excita- bility and conduction , and it was a characteristic of Mr. Romanes that in all his work , of whatever kind , he was always searching for principles . The minutest detail never escaped his ...
... questions of physiology relating to excita- bility and conduction , and it was a characteristic of Mr. Romanes that in all his work , of whatever kind , he was always searching for principles . The minutest detail never escaped his ...
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