Author: George John Romanes
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Category : Jellyfishes
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
"Among the most beautiful, as well as the most common, of the marine animals which are to be met with upon our coasts are the jelly-fish and the starfish. Scarcely any one is so devoid of the instincts either of the artist or of the naturalist as not to have watched these animals with blended emotions of the aesthetic and the scientific--feeling the beauty while wondering at the organization. How many of us who live for most of the year in the fog and dust of large towns enjoy with the greater zest our summer's holiday at the seaside? And in the memories of most of us is there not associated with the picture of breaking waves and sea-birds floating indifferently in the blue sky or on the water still more blue, the thoughts of many a ramble among the weedy rocks and living pools, where for the time being we all become naturalists, and where those who least know what they are likely to find in their search are most likely to approach the keen happiness of childhood? If so, the image of the red sea-stars bespangling a mile of shining sand, or decorating the darkness of a thousand grottoes, must be joined with the image, no less vivid, of those crystal globes pulsating with life and gleaming with all the colours of the rainbow, which are perhaps the most strange, and certainly in my estimation the most delicately lovely creatures in the world"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
Jelly-fish, Star-fish, and Sea Urchins
Author: George John Romanes
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ISBN:
Category : Jellyfishes
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
"Among the most beautiful, as well as the most common, of the marine animals which are to be met with upon our coasts are the jelly-fish and the starfish. Scarcely any one is so devoid of the instincts either of the artist or of the naturalist as not to have watched these animals with blended emotions of the aesthetic and the scientific--feeling the beauty while wondering at the organization. How many of us who live for most of the year in the fog and dust of large towns enjoy with the greater zest our summer's holiday at the seaside? And in the memories of most of us is there not associated with the picture of breaking waves and sea-birds floating indifferently in the blue sky or on the water still more blue, the thoughts of many a ramble among the weedy rocks and living pools, where for the time being we all become naturalists, and where those who least know what they are likely to find in their search are most likely to approach the keen happiness of childhood? If so, the image of the red sea-stars bespangling a mile of shining sand, or decorating the darkness of a thousand grottoes, must be joined with the image, no less vivid, of those crystal globes pulsating with life and gleaming with all the colours of the rainbow, which are perhaps the most strange, and certainly in my estimation the most delicately lovely creatures in the world"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jellyfishes
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
"Among the most beautiful, as well as the most common, of the marine animals which are to be met with upon our coasts are the jelly-fish and the starfish. Scarcely any one is so devoid of the instincts either of the artist or of the naturalist as not to have watched these animals with blended emotions of the aesthetic and the scientific--feeling the beauty while wondering at the organization. How many of us who live for most of the year in the fog and dust of large towns enjoy with the greater zest our summer's holiday at the seaside? And in the memories of most of us is there not associated with the picture of breaking waves and sea-birds floating indifferently in the blue sky or on the water still more blue, the thoughts of many a ramble among the weedy rocks and living pools, where for the time being we all become naturalists, and where those who least know what they are likely to find in their search are most likely to approach the keen happiness of childhood? If so, the image of the red sea-stars bespangling a mile of shining sand, or decorating the darkness of a thousand grottoes, must be joined with the image, no less vivid, of those crystal globes pulsating with life and gleaming with all the colours of the rainbow, which are perhaps the most strange, and certainly in my estimation the most delicately lovely creatures in the world"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
Jelly-fish, Star-fish and Sea-urchins
Author: George John Romanes
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Category : Invertebrates
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Invertebrates
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Jelly-Fish, Star-Fish, and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems
Author: George John Romanes
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
George John Romanes, a Canadian-Scots evolutionary biologist, and physiologist in this book focus on the primitive nervous system on the physiology of the Medusæ and Echinodermata. This book covers some essential parts in describing the morphology, development, and classification of the Medusæ, fundamental experiments about the study, and more. It contains illustrations geared to aid better understanding.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
George John Romanes, a Canadian-Scots evolutionary biologist, and physiologist in this book focus on the primitive nervous system on the physiology of the Medusæ and Echinodermata. This book covers some essential parts in describing the morphology, development, and classification of the Medusæ, fundamental experiments about the study, and more. It contains illustrations geared to aid better understanding.
The Origin of Floral Structures Through Insects and Other Agencies
Author: George Henslow
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Category : Fertilization of plants
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
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Category : Fertilization of plants
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
On the senses, instincts, and intelligence of animals
Author: Sir John Lubbock
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
International Law
Author: Leone Levi
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Category : International law
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : International law
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Fairy-land of Science ...
Author: Arabella Burton Buckley
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Fungi
Author: Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
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Category : Fungi
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Category : Fungi
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Man Before Metals
Author: Nicolas Joly
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
Author: Charles Darwin
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Category : Fertilization of plants
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fertilization of plants
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description