Dale's an Introduction to Social Biology (eBook)
506 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-9281-9 (ISBN)
This book also addresses social hygiene, health, and the history of medicine including diagnostics, germ theory, recognition of vectors of diseases, new curative agents, hospitals, and public health measures. This text describes the function of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and emphasizes the importance of maintaining the balance of nature. This book discusses the social life of animals, human population, human food production, and offers some reason why man has been so successful in terms of survival.
This book is intended to be used in general courses in the Sixth Form, for students or academicians connected with psychology, sociology, social biology, education, health education, or interdisciplinary fields.
Dale's an Introduction to Social Biology, Fourth Edition deals with the more practical context of teaching modern science in the background of human activity. This book discusses life in the context of dynamic space and evolving time: from Paleontological times to evidence found in blood precipitin test, as well as proof from the variability of plants and animals. This text describes man as animal that needs to maintain its species through sex, inheritance, and reproduction. This book also addresses social hygiene, health, and the history of medicine including diagnostics, germ theory, recognition of vectors of diseases, new curative agents, hospitals, and public health measures. This text describes the function of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and emphasizes the importance of maintaining the balance of nature. This book discusses the social life of animals, human population, human food production, and offers some reason why man has been so successful in terms of survival. This book is intended to be used in general courses in the Sixth Form, for students or academicians connected with psychology, sociology, social biology, education, health education, or interdisciplinary fields.
Front Cover 1
Dale's an Introduction to: Social Biology 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 10
Introduction to the Third Edition 6
Introduction to the Fourth Edition 7
Aoknowledgments to the Third Edition 8
Acknowledgments to the Fourth Edition 9
CHAPTER I. LIFE IN SPACE AND TIME 12
CHAPTER II. MAN AND EVOLUTION 38
Palaeontological Evidence. 39
Evidence from Comparative Anatomy. 43
Evidence from the Geographical Distribution of Plants and Animals. 47
Evidences from Embryology. 50
Evidences from the Blood. 53
Evidence from the Variability of Plants and Animals. 54
CHAPTER III. MAN AS AN ANIMAL . 73
CHAPTER IV. MAINTAINING THE HUMAN SPECIES: (a) SEX 122
CHAPTER V. MAINTAINING THE HUMAN SPECIES: (b) INHERITANCE 146
CHAPTER VI. MAINTAINING THE HUMAN SPECIES: (c) REPRODUCTION 198
CHAPTER VII. MAN AND HIS HEALTH: SOCIAL HYGIENE 230
CHAPTER VIII. MAN AND HIS HEALTII: HISTORY OF MEDICINE 274
Diagnostic Devices and Techniques. 290
The Rise of the Germ Theory. 295
The Recognition of Vectors of Disease. 306
New Curative Agents. 318
Vitamins 327
Internal Secretions. 328
Hospitals and Nursing. 333
Public Health Measures 337
CHAPTER IX. FOOD AND DRINK 342
Proteins 345
Carbohydrates. 348
Fats 348
Mineral Salts. 349
CHAPTER X. THE BALANCE OF NATURE. 382
CHAPTER XI. POPULATION 406
CHAPTER XII. SOCIAL LIFE AMONG ANIMALS 424
CHAPTER XIII. SOME REASONS FOR MAN'S SUCCESS 459
CHAPTER XIV. THE NATURE OF LIFE 470
ApPENDIX-UNITS OF INHERITANCE 477
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 487
INDEX 493
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.10.2013 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
Technik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4831-9281-4 / 1483192814 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4831-9281-9 / 9781483192819 |
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