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100	1		_aLankester, E. Ray, Sir _q(Edwin Ray), _d1847-1929
245	1	0	_aScience from an Easy Chair
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2018
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2018-05-11
505	0		_aScience and practice -- University training -- Darwin's theory -- Darwin's discoveries -- Darwin's theory unshaken -- Metchnikoff and Tolstoi -- The land of azure blue -- Fresh-water jelly-fishes -- The story of the common eel -- Modern horses and their ancestors -- A rival of the fabled upas tree -- Poisons and stings of plants and animals -- The dragon: a fancy or a fact -- Oysters -- Maternal care and molluscs -- The heart's beat -- Sleep -- The universal structure of living things -- Protoplasm, life and death -- Chemistry and protoplasm -- The simplest living things -- Tadpoles and frogs -- About the stars -- Comets -- About cholera -- Sea-breezes, mountain air, and ozone -- Oxygen gas for athletes and others -- Sparrows, trout, and selective breeding -- The feeble-minded -- Death-rates -- Gossamer -- The jumping bean -- Protective colouring in animals -- Hop-blight -- Green-flies, plant-lice, and parthenogenesis -- The deadly Phylloxera -- Clothes moths -- Stone and wood borers -- Christmas fare -- The origin of opium -- The most ancient men -- The cave-men's skulls -- More about the Neander Men.
508			_aProduced by Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520			_a"Science from an Easy Chair" by Sir E. Ray Lankester is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. The work compiles articles originally published in the "Daily Telegraph" between 1908 and 1909, aimed at making scientific concepts accessible to the general public. Lankester discusses a range of scientific topics, illustrating them with examples and insights drawn from his extensive knowledge of natural history. The opening of the collection presents a preface where Lankester reflects on the joy and value of scientific discovery. He highlights the importance of scientific advancements in public health, providing the example of Colonel Gorgas and the successful eradication of yellow fever in Cuba and Panama. Lankester emphasizes that such achievements are the result of applying scientific principles to practical problems, which not only improves conditions for humanity but also enriches the individual who contributes to these advancements. This introduction sets the tone for a broader exploration of themes that intertwine science and human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aScience
653			_aNatural history
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57136
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