Parker, George Howard

A Biological Forecast Reprinted from the Popular Science Monthly, September 1913. [Together with:] The Origin and Evolution of the Nervous System Reprinted from the Popular Science Monthly, February 1914.

Popular Science Monthly, 1913. First separate editions, being author’s presentation offprints from The Popular Science Monthly. Two slim octavos, publisher's original stapled wraps. Edges uncut and unopened. Two scientific offprints by George Howard Parker (1864–1955), the distinguished American zoologist and longtime professor at Harvard University whose research contributed substantially to the study of animal sensory physiology and the evolutionary development of nervous systems. In “A Biological Forecast,” Parker considers the future direction of biological science, including its increasing professionalization and specialization. “The Origin and Evolution of the Nervous System” examines the emergence of nervous structures from elementary sensory and responsive mechanisms and their gradual development into the increasingly complex systems found in higher animals. The latter subject became central to Parker’s later book, The Elementary Nervous System, published in 1919. Some age toning and discoloration, one torn along spine, else in very good condition. Item #454

Price: $100.00