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THE CENTURY SCIENCE SERIES
Edited by SIR HENRY E. ROSCOE, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.
CHARLES DARWIN AND THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
The Century Science Series.
EDITED BY
SIR HENRY E. ROSCOE, D.C.L., F.R.S.
John Dalton and the Rise of Modern Chemistry.
By Sir Henry E. Roscoe, F.R.S., &c.
Major Rennell, F.R.S., and the Rise of Modern English Geography.
By Sir Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S., President of the Royal Geographical Society.
Justus von Liebig: his Life and Work (1803–1873).
By W. A. Shenstone, F.I.C., Lecturer on Chemistry in Clifton College.
The Herschels and Modern Astronomy.
By Agnes M. Clerke, Author of “A Popular History of Astronomy during the 19th Century,” &c.
Charles Lyell and Modern Geology.
By Professor T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., &c.
James Clerk Maxwell and Modern Physics.
By R. T. Glazebrook, F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Humphry Davy, Poet and Philosopher.
By T. E. Thorpe, LL.D., F.R.S.
Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection.
By Edward B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S., Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford, &c.
In Preparation.
Michael Faraday: his Life and Work.
By Professor Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S.
Pasteur: his Life and Work.
By M. Armand Ruffer, M.D., Director of the British Institute of Preventive Medicine.
Hermann von Helmholtz.
By A. W. Rücker, F.R.S., Professor of Physics in the Royal College of Science, London.
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Photo by Mr. James C. Christie, F.G.S., Glasgow.
STATUE OF CHARLES DARWIN.
(By Boehm.)
CENTRAL HALL OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
THE CENTURY SCIENCE SERIES
Charles Darwin AND THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
BY EDWARD B. POULTON M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.L.S., ETC.
HOPE PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD CORRESP. MEMB. OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CORRESP. MEMB. OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NAT. HIST.
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