The Haunts of Life

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1922. First US ed. Hardcover. Gilt titles to spine are faded; else overall a very good rtight and clean copy.. xv, 272 pages frontispiece, illustrations, XVI plates 23 cm. Worthwhile b&w illustrations. Six lectures delivered at the Royal Institution, Christmas holidays, 1920-21. / "Of the illustrations in this book twelve plates are by Mr. William Smith; the remainder are by Miss Alice M. Davidson." / "Sir John Arthur Thomson (1861-1933) was a Scottish naturalist and expert in zoology and botany. He was a prolific author and educator, known for making complex scientific concepts accessible to the general public. Thomson held the Regius Chair of Natural History at the University of Aberdeen for over thirty years. His research spanned a wide range of topics within biology, but he is perhaps best known for his work in the field of zoology. Thomson wrote many popular science books aimed at lay audiences, including "The Study of Animal Life" and "The System of Animate Nature". His work was characterized by a desire to synthesize knowledge from various branches of biology and to communicate this knowledge to the public in an accessible way. Thomson was also a proponent of the idea that science and religion could coexist and complement each other, a view he expressed in his Gifford Lectures, later published as "The Outline of Science"." Zoologie. zoology. Zoology. Nature Wildlife Animals.