To Know a FlyFirst published in 1962, this book by esteemed American physiologist and entomologist Vincent Dethier provides an array of helpful examples of how ingeniously controlled experiments are designed and used. Other processes of scientific inquiry are also explained, such as observation, correlation, cause and effect, gathering and interpreting data, hypothesizing, and theory building. Recommended to scientists of all ages! “...This is a superb natural history book and is highly recommended for anyone twelve or older.”—Scientific American “The author never ‘talks down’ to his readers but preserves such delightful and sparkling informal style throughout that we tend to overlook the professional skill with which he attacks his problems, the beauty of the experiments he describes. The book is such pleasant reading that we may not realize that this all represents biological research of a very high order. Among the many excellent features we may note the author’s commentaries on scientific method, which are extremely acute, informative, and provocative.”—Journal of the American Medical Association “Highly recommended enrichment reading for biology teachers and secondary students in general science or biology.—The Science Teacher |
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... Chapter 29 Chapter 3 15 Chapter 4 22 Chapter 5 26 Chapter 6 30 Chapter 7 36 Chapter 8 40 Chapter 944 Chapter 10 48 Chapter 11 52 Chapter 12 56 Chapter 13 61 Chapter 14 66 REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 71 Foreword IN THE WORLD TODAY ...
... Chapter 29 Chapter 3 15 Chapter 4 22 Chapter 5 26 Chapter 6 30 Chapter 7 36 Chapter 8 40 Chapter 944 Chapter 10 48 Chapter 11 52 Chapter 12 56 Chapter 13 61 Chapter 14 66 REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 71 Foreword IN THE WORLD TODAY ...
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... of being, perhaps, a little possessed, and at times somewhat childish, is fundamentally no different from other people with a calling in life. N. Tinbergen Oxford, September 1962 To Know a Fly Chapter 1 “What sort of insects.
... of being, perhaps, a little possessed, and at times somewhat childish, is fundamentally no different from other people with a calling in life. N. Tinbergen Oxford, September 1962 To Know a Fly Chapter 1 “What sort of insects.
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... ability to read has the basic ingredients and most of the necessary accoutrements to become a first-class biologist. The only necessary item remaining is an experimental animal (or plant). There is much Chapter 1 Chapter.
... ability to read has the basic ingredients and most of the necessary accoutrements to become a first-class biologist. The only necessary item remaining is an experimental animal (or plant). There is much Chapter 1 Chapter.
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... the chicken, so cousinly as the chimpanzee? Why not choose an excitingly different creature like the aardvark or the dugong? Why not choose the fly? Chapter 2 “Chrysalis: “The whole earth is quivering, Something mighty.
... the chicken, so cousinly as the chimpanzee? Why not choose an excitingly different creature like the aardvark or the dugong? Why not choose the fly? Chapter 2 “Chrysalis: “The whole earth is quivering, Something mighty.
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Vincent Dethier. Chapter 2 “Chrysalis: “The whole earth is quivering, Something mighty it is delivering, I am being born.” Moth: “Unravel life. What are we else, We, woven from daintiest fabrics, But thought and soul of creation?” Josef ...
Vincent Dethier. Chapter 2 “Chrysalis: “The whole earth is quivering, Something mighty it is delivering, I am being born.” Moth: “Unravel life. What are we else, We, woven from daintiest fabrics, But thought and soul of creation?” Josef ...
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