The Physical Basis of Personalith. A Simple Account Of Human Heredity and Its Laws and the Working of the Endocrine Glands

V. H. Mottram

Published by Pelican/Penguin, Harmondsworth, England, 1952

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Paperback. Number written very small to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers. Personality is conditioned by two main factors - envrionment and heredity. it is with the second of these that this book is mainly concenred. Attempting to bridge the gap between the biological and the theological viewpoints regarding the reasons for the uniqueness of the individual, it discusses and explains in non-technical language the mechansim of physical inheritance in the living cell, the arrangement and behaviour of the chromosomes, sex determination, Mendelian inheritance and its laws in plants, animals and man, the consitituon and working of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems and their influence on individuality, and the part played by the endocrine organs in pesonal make-up. The few technical terms used are carefully explained in a glossary compiled specially for the reader who approaches the subject for the first time. 170 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Physical Basis of Personalith. A Simple Account Of Human Heredity and Its Laws and the Working of the Endocrine Glands
• Publisher: Pelican/Penguin, Harmondsworth, England
• Publication Date: 1952
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition Revised
• Condition: Very Good
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  • Medical ,health, Self Help & Biology & Psychology