Elementary Biology in Summer and Autumn

Editorial: Macmillan and Co, 1945

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Elementary Biology in Summer and Autumn (1945) by C. Bernard Rutley and L.J.F. Brimble Publisher: Macmillan and Co. ISBN: None Condition: Good Published in 1945, just as the world was attempting to return to something resembling normality, Elementary Biology in Summer and Autumn invites readers to step outside, look closely at a hedge, pond, field or unfortunate insect, and discover that nature has been carrying on quite happily without consulting humanity at all. Written by C. Bernard Rutley and L.J.F. Brimble, this delightful educational volume belongs to an era when biology involved actual plants, actual animals and actual muddy shoes. The authors guide readers through the living world as it appears during the warmer months of the year, revealing an astonishing number of things growing, crawling, flying, blooming and generally getting on with life while most people fail to notice. What makes this book particularly charming is its assumption that young readers might willingly spend their spare time observing mosses, collecting leaves or examining the habits of insects. Modern educational publishers might feel compelled to include QR codes, animations and interactive apps. Rutley and Brimble simply point at a beetle and say, in effect, "Look at that. Isn?t it interesting?" And they have a point. The book captures a Britain that was still deeply connected to the natural world. Many of the fields, hedgerows and meadows described within these pages would have been familiar to millions of readers in 1945. Some have since vanished beneath housing estates, bypasses and retail parks, making this volume not only a biology textbook but also a small time capsule of a disappearing countryside. Our copy remains in Good condition , which means it has survived eight decades of educational reform, scientific advancement and countless schoolbooks being discarded when somebody decided children would never again need to know the difference between a stamen and a pistil. The binding remains sound, the pages remain readable and the natural world remains reassuringly indifferent to both. Collectors of vintage science books will appreciate its period illustrations and straightforward approach. Nature enthusiasts will enjoy seeing how biology was taught to earlier generations. Historians may find it fascinating that a book written in the closing months of the Second World War could still devote itself so calmly to flowers, birds and seasonal change. There is something wonderfully optimistic about that. While politicians argued, economies shifted and nations rebuilt, the authors quietly reminded readers that blackberries would still ripen, leaves would still change colour and spiders would continue constructing elaborate traps for flies that had somehow failed to read the warning signs. A charming survivor from a gentler educational age, when science lessons could begin with the simple instruction to go outdoors, pay attention and see what was growing in the nearest hedge.…

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Título
Elementary Biology in Summer and Autumn
Autor
C Bernard Rutley and LJF Brimble
Editorial
Macmillan and Co
Año de publicación
1945
Estado
Good
Encuadernación
Hardback

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