Multiple Human Births - Twins, Triplets, Quadruplets, Quintuplets (first printing in rare DJ)

Newman, Horatio Hackett

Verlag: Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1940

Beschreibung

Doubleday, Doran & Co. New York. 1940. 214 pages. First Edition stated; first printing. Original super-rare DJ with $2.50 price intact on flap. Book is about fine. Binding and hinges are strong. Panels are clean. Sharp corners. Deep green topstain. DJ shows minimal rubbing at edges and corners. Noted geneticist and zoologist, Horatio Hackett Newman is credited with pioneering University of Chicago as the preeminent research institutions in the field of zoology and genetics. Newman is also recognized for his groundbreaking research on multiple births in humans and other animal species. Time Magazine reported there are at least 2,000,000 people in the United States who are twins, triplets or quadruplets; and the man who gets asked most about them most is Geneticist Horatio Hackett Newman of the University of Chicago. Interestingly, Newman as an outspoken defender of evolution, traveled to Dayton, Tennessee to testify as an expert witness at the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925. While he was not permitted to testify in the trial, his remarks were entered into the court's record. An exceptional copy of Newman's groundbreaking book and genetics classic in its original scarce DJ. Fine/Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002425

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Multiple Human Births - Twins, Triplets, ...

Verlag: Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1940

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition