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Cambridge University Press, Date: 1978. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1978. Cambridge University Press ISBN 052129293X 9780521292931 [US]

Cambridge University Press, Date: 1978. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1978. Cambridge University Press ISBN 052129293X 9780521292931 [US]

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Cambridge University Press, Date: 1978. Very good trade paperback. 1978. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1978. Cambridge University Press ISBN 052129293x 9780521292931 [US]

Cambridge Univ Pr, Date: 1978. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 187 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. 1978. Cambridge Univ Pr ISBN 052129293X 9780521292931 [GB]

Cambridge Univ Pr, Date: 1978. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 187 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.50 inches. 1978. Cambridge Univ Pr ISBN 052129293X 9780521292931 [GB]

Cambridge University Press, Date: 1978-01-27. 2. paperback. Used:Good. 1978. Cambridge University Press ISBN 052129293X 9780521292931 [US]

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Biology in the Nineteenth Century: Problems of Form, Function, and Transformation. ISBN 052129293x 9780521292931 [GB]

ISBN10: 052129293X, ISBN13: 9780521292931, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Biology was introduced with the nineteenth century. The term 'biology' first appeared in a footnote in an obscure German medical publication of 1800, but a century of activity was needed to create a thriving science. This book offers a concise yet comprehensive examination of essential themes in this development.To one group of nineteenth-century biologists, largely comprised of anatomists, histologists and embryologists, the appearance and constituent structures of the plant or animal body seemed all-important; they studied organic form and the means by which it was brought into being. A second group concentrated on the vital processes diversely exhibited by all living creatures. They studied function, their self-assigned task as physiologists being to understand the inmost workings of the body. To a third group of workers the greatest concern was the relationship, past and present, between the various kinds of plants and animals and between living things and their changing environment. In studying the transformations of life over vast spans of time, they largely recast the scientific objectives of natural history. Form, function, and transformation thus offer useful vantage points from which to observe the development of the life sciences during the nineteenth century and it is on a discussion of these themes ...
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Cambridge University Press, Date: 1978-01-27. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1978. Cambridge University Press ISBN 052129293X 9780521292931 [US]

ISBN10: 052129293X, ISBN13: 9780521292931, [publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge New York Melbourne] Softcover 187pp., vii. First published in 1971; Second Edition in 1977; this copy the second printing in 1990, 8th reprinting of 2nd edition overall. Bibliography, pp. 167-182; Index, pp. 183-187. Glossy black wrappers with title lettering in green over black across top front over, author name in white letters; large trilobite illustration in green over white on 2/3 front cover. Only flaw is very LIGHT yellow highlighting of 26pp of 187pp: pp. 1-3, Ch. I, Biology; 23 pp of 25pp of Ch.V, Man. Tight binding (NO creases), sharp corners, no rubbing wear, no previous owner names. Despite highlighting, artifact is solid, LOOKS Unread.
[Andover, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1990]