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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... contractions that you and I can produce occur at the rate of about ten times a second. The fly has other wondrous accomplishments, too, not the least of which is being able to land on the ceiling. For years, controversy.
... contractions that you and I can produce occur at the rate of about ten times a second. The fly has other wondrous accomplishments, too, not the least of which is being able to land on the ceiling. For years, controversy.
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Vincent Dethier. being able to land on the ceiling. For years, controversy raged as to whether he managed this by executing a half-roll or an inside loop. As a matter of fact, he does neither. He flies close to the ceiling in a normal ...
Vincent Dethier. being able to land on the ceiling. For years, controversy raged as to whether he managed this by executing a half-roll or an inside loop. As a matter of fact, he does neither. He flies close to the ceiling in a normal ...
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... able to understand, a line has been drawn across the evolutionary scale separating those animals that must be treated humanely and those outside the Pale. (Although just recently in a scientific journal I noticed a most unscientific ...
... able to understand, a line has been drawn across the evolutionary scale separating those animals that must be treated humanely and those outside the Pale. (Although just recently in a scientific journal I noticed a most unscientific ...
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