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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... laboratory assistants, permanent equipment, consumable supplies, travel, a station wagon for field collecting, photographic supplies, books, animals, animal cages, somebody to care for the animals, postage, telephone calls, reprints ...
... laboratory assistants, permanent equipment, consumable supplies, travel, a station wagon for field collecting, photographic supplies, books, animals, animal cages, somebody to care for the animals, postage, telephone calls, reprints ...
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... laboratory rat, so giddy as the guinea pig, so phlegmatic as the frog, so reptilian as 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 ...
... laboratory rat, so giddy as the guinea pig, so phlegmatic as the frog, so reptilian as 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 ...
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... laboratory came to work with the black blowfly fifteen years ago. As I recall, it was a steaming hot day. There was no air-conditioning in the laboratory because such nonsense was considered a luxury. The administrators had never taken ...
... laboratory came to work with the black blowfly fifteen years ago. As I recall, it was a steaming hot day. There was no air-conditioning in the laboratory because such nonsense was considered a luxury. The administrators had never taken ...
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... laboratory a perfumer's hell. On the other hand, the old saw that it's an ill wind that blows no good was never more conclusively demonstrated. For a year we had been endeavoring, unsuccessfully, to persuade the administration that our ...
... laboratory a perfumer's hell. On the other hand, the old saw that it's an ill wind that blows no good was never more conclusively demonstrated. For a year we had been endeavoring, unsuccessfully, to persuade the administration that our ...
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... laboratory. That was nearly twenty years ago. The alligator is now about four feet long, eats untold pounds of meat a year, and has a vile disposition. The building in which he is housed is about to be torn down to make room for new ...
... laboratory. That was nearly twenty years ago. The alligator is now about four feet long, eats untold pounds of meat a year, and has a vile disposition. The building in which he is housed is about to be torn down to make room for new ...
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