The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hutchinsong>onong>, G. Evelyn, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, In ong>theong> three lectures which give ong>theong>ir title to this delightful collectiong>onong> of esays, ong>theong> author of "ong>Theong> Enchanted Voyage" and "ong>Theong> Itinerate Ivory Tower" turns his attentiong>onong> to ong>theong> influence of ong>theong> environg>onong>ment ong>onong> ong>theong> course of evolutiong>onong>. ong>Theong> first lecture cong>onong>siders ong>theong> nature of ong>theong> terrestrial biosphere, both as a unique phenomenong>onong> ong>onong> earth and as ong>onong>e of a class of possible spaces ong>onong> oong>theong>r bodies; ong>theong> secong>onong>d examines ong>theong> nature of ong>theong> ecological niche; and ong>theong> third discusses some of ong>theong> possible environg>onong>mental interactiong>onong>s of a single species, emphasis being placed ong>onong> ong>theong> extremely recong>onong>dite nature of ong>theong> selective forces that act ong>onong> man, as ong>onong> oong>theong>r animals. Anoong>theong>r of ong>theong> pieces deals with ong>theong> problem of ong>theong> relationg>onong> of natural beauty to works of art, particularly in ong>theong> cong>onong>text of ong>theong> similarities and differences apparent when natural history museums and art galleries are compared. ong>Theong> final essay, "ong>Theong> Cream in ong>theong> Gooseberry Fool," is an account of ong>theong> role of an English country clergyman and of ong>theong> European magpie most in ong>onong>e of ong>theong> most significant early discoveries of genetics. Acquista Ora