Author: Lankester, R. Title: Science from an Easy Chair
Description: Methuen 1919 xiii, 423+8 (publisher's catalogue), col frontis, 1 b/w plate, 82 text illus. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, some wear. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title. From the library of Keith Hyatt (1932-2021), acarologist at the Natural History Museum, London, with his name to front pastedown.. 13th edition. Sir (Edwin) Ray Lankester (1847–1929), British zoologist and Director of the natural history departments and keeper of zoology at the British Museum (Natural History), South Kensington (appointed in 1898). Lankester also played a major role in establishing the field of popular science. His most important contribution in this field was the series of articles
Science from an Easy Chair published in the Daily Telegraph. This volume articles published1908-1909, with a revised and corrected letterpress and additional illustrations..
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