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_b.J4 1944
082 _a571 JEA
100 1 _aJean, Frank Covert,
_d1880-
245 1 0 _aMan and his biological world,
_bby Frank Covert Jean, Ezra Clarence Harrah and Fred Louis Herman...
_cwith the editorial collaboration of Samuel Ralph Powers...
260 _aBoston
_aNew York [etc.]
_bGinn and company
_c[c1944]
300 _aviii, 630, [1] p.
_billus., diagrs.
_c23 cm.
500 _aRevised edition of v. 2 of the authors' An introductory course in science for colleges, published under the title: Man and the nature of his biological world, 1934.
504 _a"References" at end of each chapter.
505 _aLife became associated with protoplasm, which requires a constant supply of food // Living organisms must provide for the perpetuation of their own kind // Living things must adjust themselves to their environments // Science has made great discoveries relative to the nature and control of disease // Synthesis and decomposition form a cyle in nature // The adaptations of plants and animals have been seriously disturbed by man // Living organisms have evolved in response to changing environment // Mendel discovered genetic principles which make possible the improvement of all living species // Man's cultural development moved slowly at the outset but has been greatly accelerated by science and invention // Glossary // Index //
650 0 _aBiology.
700 1 _aHarrah, Ezra Clarence,
_d1889-
_ejoint author.
700 1 _aHerman, Fred Louis,
_d1894-
_ejoint author.
700 1 _aPowers, Samuel Ralph,
_d1887-1970,
_eed.
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