BIOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

London Etc: Allen & Unwin, 2006. pp174 includes index.'In this book, Janet Browne, Darwin's foremost biographer, shows why Darwin's Origin of Species can fairly claim to be the greatest science book ever published. She describes the genius of Darwin's theories, explains how they were initially received and examines why they remain contentious today. Her book is a marvellously readable account of the work that altered forever our knowledge of what it is to be human.'. First Australian / New Zealand Softcover. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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Wellington: R. E. Owen, Government Printer, 1967. pp221. Illustrated with photographs & diagrams; frontis of author with tussocks (Ewing Island-Auckland Islands). Posthumous publication; with updated botanical names, added footnotes & added/replaced photographs, new index.. Fourth Edtn; Updated. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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London: Edward Arnold, 1871. pp183 includes index. Unclipped jacket has 1 chip on top of back panel. Book has neat prev. owner's name plus date (small, neat) on ffep, & very pale tanning strip on first & last eps. O/wise very clean & tight. 'The most significant and valuable part of this book is the attempt to provide interpretations for the sorts of distributions, structures and patterns revealed by quantitative procedures. The descriptions of vegetational successions and cyclical change and the analysis of correlations and associations between species are excellent and illustrated by unconventional examples..both stimulating and informative.'. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1970. pp255 includes bibliography & index. Book has usual library distinctions, but is otherwise near new; jacket has front panel intact but big loss & tears to back panel. Based on the American Phyytopathological Symposium on Rhizactonia Solani (October, 1965). Companion volume Ecology of Soil - Born Plant Pathogens by Baker and Snyder.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Large. more information

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