Abstract
THE necessity for a second impression of the sixth edition of this well-known text-book is sufficient evidence that it meets a widespread demand for a general elementary account of the principles of animal biology. It first appeared in 1920, and various changes have been introduced in successive editions ; but those in the present edition are more than usually varied and affect the general plan. It may seem rather surprising to find one of the early chapters devoted to an account of some fundamental physics and chemistry, for apparently in the United States it is possible for a student to graduate in biology without any previous knowledge of those subjects. But in Britain there is a corresponding and probably more widespread ignorance among those graduating in chemistry or physics, who are frequently unacquainted with even the rudiments of any branch of biology.
Principles of Animal Biology
By Prof. A. Franklin Shull, with the collaboration of Prof. George R. Larue and Alexander G. Ruthven. (McGraw-Hill Publications in the Zoological Sciences.) Sixth edition, second impression. Pp. xi + 425. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1946.) 20s.
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HINDLE, E. Principles of Animal Biology. Nature 159, 453–454 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159453b0
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