Human Life As The Biologist Sees It [Brown University Colver Lectures, 1921]

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Henry Holt And Company, New York, 1922

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Vii, 140 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Gilt, Over Grey Paper Covered Boards. First Printing, 1922 Date On Title Page. Very Good, Light Wear With Small Frays At Tips, Gilt Bright. Former Owner's Information On Front Free Endpaper, No Other Marks. Some Discussions Of Eugenics. Per Wikipedia, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (December 1, 1867 – August 8, 1937) Was An American Entomologist, Evolutionary Biologist, And Science Administrator. A Major Contribution Was His Study Of Bird Lice And Their Hosts. He Established The Department Of Zoology At Stanford University In 1894, And Served As The First Permanent Secretary Of The National Research Council In Washington, D.C. Kellogg Was An Elected Member Of Both The American Philosophical Society And The United States National Academy Of Sciences. He Was One Of The Professors To Build A Summer Home On What Became Known As "Professors' Row" In Carmel-By-The-Sea, California. The Home Is A Wood-Framed Redwood Craftsman-Style Cottage Built In 1906. He Was Good Friends With Stanford University President David Starr Jordan Who Also Lived There. In 1908, Kellogg Married Charlotte Hoffman And The Two Welcomed Their Only Child, Jean Kellogg Dickie, In 1910. Kellogg Was A Conservationist, An Officer Of The Sierra Club, And Enjoyed Outdoor Recreation. In Addition To His Publications On Lice, Kellogg Wrote Two Books. Darwinism Today (1907) Was A Summary Of All The Major Evolutionary Theories And A General Defense Of Darwinism. The Second Book Is Titled Headquarters Nights (1918). In July 1913, Kellogg Directed The Play Fire, By Author Mary Austin, At The Forest Theater In Carmel-By-The-Sea. His Academic Career Was Interrupted By Two Years (1915 And 1916) Spent In Brussels As Director Of Hoover's Humanitarian American Commission For Relief In Belgium. Initially A Pacifist, Kellogg Dined With The Officers Of The German Supreme Command. He Became Shocked By The Grotesque Social Darwinist Motivation For The German War Machine, "The Creed Of Survival Of The Fittest Based On Violent And Fatal Competitive Struggle Is The Gospel Of The German Intellectuals." Kellogg Decided That The Ideas Could Be Beaten Only By Force And, Using His Connections With America's Political Elite, Began To Campaign For American Intervention In The War. He Published An Account Of His Conversations In The Book Headquarters Nights. After The War, He Served As The First Permanent Secretary Of The National Research Council (Nrc) In Washington, D.C. He Served On The Board Of Trustees For Science Service, (Now Known As Society For Science & The Public), From 1921 To 1933. At His Retirement He Became Secretary Emeritus.…

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Titel
Human Life As The Biologist Sees It [Brown University Colver Lectures, 1921]
Autor
Kellogg, Vernon
Verlag
Henry Holt And Company, New York
Erscheinungsjahr
1922
Zustand
Very Good
Schutzumschlag
No Jacket
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Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
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