The Mechanism of Evolution in Leptinotarsa (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Mechanism of Evolution in Leptinotarsa (Classic Reprint) written by William Lawrence Tower and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Mechanism of Evolution in Leptinotarsa As human understanding of this living substance becomes clearer, and as investigation becomes more accurate and analytical, there is increasing proof of the sole Operation of purely physical principles in the production of the char acters and reactions of this living stuff, and some of us, therefore, hopefully look forward to that time in the future when all organic phenomena are capable of statement in purely physical terms. Only some few more or less superficial processes are capable of formulation in physical terms, while a wide array of organic activities, of form and species, and in man the intellectual capacities memory, thought, and study of himself and nature - are hardly capable of accurate formulation upon any naturalistic physical basis; that is, more than the description of our reactions in terms of the general reactions of living materials. Certain properties common to all of this living substance, the evidence of the remains of this substance upon the planet, with Increasing complications of the primitive attributes and qualities common to all, have forced upon us belief in some natural means of production of this diversity and increasing complexity, with the present array of living types, of which man appears to us as the most complex. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.