Science from an Easy Chair
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. I SCIENCE AND PRACTICE4. II UNIVERSITY TRAINING5. III DARWIN’S THEORY6. IV DARWIN’S DISCOVERIES7. V DARWIN’S THEORY UNSHAKEN8. VI METCHNIKOFF AND TOLSTOI9. VII THE LAND OF AZURE BLUE10. VIII FRESH-WATER JELLY-FISHES11. IX THE STORY OF THE COMMON EEL12. X MODERN HORSES AND THEIR ANCESTORS13. XI A RIVAL OF THE FABLED UPAS TREE14. XII POISONS AND STINGS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS15. XIII THE DRAGON: A FANCY OR A FACT16. XIV OYSTERS17. XV MATERNAL CARE AND MOLLUSCS18. XVI THE HEART’S BEAT19. XVII SLEEP20. XVIII THE UNIVERSAL STRUCTURE OF LIVING THINGS21. XIX PROTOPLASM, LIFE AND DEATH22. XX CHEMISTRY AND PROTOPLASM23. XXI THE SIMPLEST LIVING THINGS24. XXII TADPOLES AND FROGS25. XXIII ABOUT THE STARS26. XXIV COMETS27. XXV ABOUT CHOLERA28. XXVI SEA-BREEZES, MOUNTAIN AIR, AND OZONE29. XXVII OXYGEN GAS FOR ATHLETES AND OTHERS30. XXVIII SPARROWS, TROUT, AND SELECTIVE BREEDING31. XXIX THE FEEBLE-MINDED32. XXX DEATH-RATES33. XXXI GOSSAMER34. XXXII THE JUMPING BEAN35. XXXIII PROTECTIVE COLOURING IN ANIMALS36. XXXIV HOP-BLIGHT37. XXXV GREEN-FLIES, PLANT-LICE, AND PARTHENOGENESIS38. XXXVI THE DEADLY PHYLLOXERA39. XXXVII CLOTHES MOTHS40. XXXVIII STONE AND WOOD BORERS41. XXXIX CHRISTMAS FARE42. XL THE ORIGIN OF OPIUM43. XLI THE MOST ANCIENT MEN44. XLII THE CAVE-MEN’S SKULLS45. XLIII MORE ABOUT THE NEANDER MEN46. INDEX47. INDEX (continued 2)