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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... 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, scientists are a caste, isolated.
... 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, scientists are a caste, isolated.
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... scientists impress their fellow men and are admired by them —partly because their jargon sounds impressive, partly ... scientist's shop talk is as incomprehensible to most people as the hokus-pokus of the magician. Because they are ...
... scientists impress their fellow men and are admired by them —partly because their jargon sounds impressive, partly ... scientist's shop talk is as incomprehensible to most people as the hokus-pokus of the magician. Because they are ...
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... scientist is lucky if people react the way a farmer's wife did when she saw my graduates paint pine-cones in preparation for tests on the color vision of little sand wasps: “I suppose it's useful, or the Government would not pay you for ...
... scientist is lucky if people react the way a farmer's wife did when she saw my graduates paint pine-cones in preparation for tests on the color vision of little sand wasps: “I suppose it's useful, or the Government would not pay you for ...
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... worker enjoying his work. It shows him pursuing with absorbing interest the problems that present themselves in his work. It explains why the scientist, because of his eager curiosity, at times appears childish to others. But.
... worker enjoying his work. It shows him pursuing with absorbing interest the problems that present themselves in his work. It explains why the scientist, because of his eager curiosity, at times appears childish to others. But.
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... scientist, in spite 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 ...
... scientist, in spite 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 ...
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