Abstract
THIS book is an attempt to give a general view of the phenomena manifested by living beings, and to form a sort of basis for a more detailed study of some special branch of biology. It commences with an account of the differences between living and non-living matters, and with a discussion of the nature and conditions of life; then the distinctive peculiarities of animals and plants are considered, and the principles of biological classification laid down. There follow short chapters on the elementary chemistry of living beings, on the chief physiological functions, and on the varieties of the developmental process; and disquisitions on spontaneous generation, on the origin of species, and on distribution in space and time complete the volume.
Introduction to the Study of Biology.
By H. Alleyne Nicholson, &c. &c, Professor of Natural History and Botany in University College, Toronto. (Blackwood, 1872.)
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Introduction to the Study of Biology . Nature 6, 258–259 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/006258a0
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