Édition originale de cet important ouvrage dans lequel Edwards étudie linfluence des facteurs environnementaux (lair, leau, la chaleur, la lumière, la température ...) sur les organismes vivants.

Références:

Garrison & Morton [145.46 : "Edward studied the influence of environmental factors on animal life, concluding that vital processes depend on external physical and chemical forces but are not entirely controlled by them.". 1991 : "Includes account of Edwards important experimental work regarding the effect of light on the body"], Heirs [1330 : "Edwards (...) distinguished himself in a number of fields and founded the science of ethnology, but this classic treatise on environmental physiology constitutes his greatest achievement. Here Edwards describes and documents a mass of experimentation on the effects of air, water, heat, light, temperature, and electricity on the living organism."].

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

8vo (196x125 mm), xvi-654-(4) pages and 1 folding plate.

Later hardcover. Light waterstain at the beginning.

First edition.

Références:

Garrison & Morton [145.46 : "Edward studied the influence of environmental factors on animal life, concluding that vital processes depend on external physical and chemical forces but are not entirely controlled by them.". 1991 : "Includes account of Edwards important experimental work regarding the effect of light on the body"], Heirs [1330 : "Edwards (...) distinguished himself in a number of fields and founded the science of ethnology, but this classic treatise on environmental physiology constitutes his greatest achievement. Here Edwards describes and documents a mass of experimentation on the effects of air, water, heat, light, temperature, and electricity on the living organism."].