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THE CENTURY SCIENCE SERIES
Edited by SIR HENRY E. ROSCOE, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S.
CHARLES DARWIN
AND THE
THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
The Century Science Series.
EDITED BY
SIR HENRY E. ROSCOE, D.C.L., F.R.S.
John Dalton and the Rise of Modern Chemistry.
By Sir Henry E. Roscoe, F.R.S., &c.
Major Rennell, F.R.S., and the Rise of Modern English Geography.
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Justus von Liebig: his Life and Work (1803–1873).
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Humphry Davy, Poet and Philosopher.
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Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection.
By Edward B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S., Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford, &c.
In Preparation.
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STATUE OF CHARLES DARWIN.
(By Boehm.)
CENTRAL HALL OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
THE CENTURY SCIENCE SERIES
Charles Darwin
AND THE
THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
BY
EDWARD B. POULTON
M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.L.S., ETC.
HOPE PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
CORRESP. MEMB. OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
CORRESP. MEMB. OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NAT. HIST.
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1896
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