Project Gutenberg 2005-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 81 Allen, Grant 1848 1899 Allen, Charles Grant Blairfindie 04019971 Science in Arcady Reading ease score: 56.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Clare Boothby, Peter Yearsley and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Science in Arcady" by Grant Allen is a collection of essays written in the late 19th century. The work explores the profound relationship between natural science and the beauty of the natural world, focusing on themes of biology, geology, and the life cycles of various organisms in an idyllic setting. Through a series of observations and reflections, Allen emphasizes the importance of understanding nature in its wild form as an essential part of education. The opening of the book sets a contemplative tone as the author introduces the concept of an archipelago that forms over millennia through volcanic activity. This unique perspective is conveyed through the voice of a narrator who has seemingly witnessed the natural evolution of the islands, detailing how life gradually colonizes the barren landscape. Allen recounts the intricate processes involved in the emergence of flora and fauna, the environmental factors affecting their adaptation, and the transformative power of time, highlighting both the fragility and resilience of life in the face of geological changes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science Archaeology Q Text Browsing: Science - General 530307 530282 2024-10-07T09:50:51.487527 2023-09-07T10:31:23.461060 text/html text/html 526857 2020-12-12T05:43:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 203395 2020-12-12T05:43:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 276454 2024-10-07T09:50:58.621522 application/epub+zip 282757 2024-10-07T09:50:53.493550 application/epub+zip 282756 2024-10-07T09:50:52.230564 application/epub+zip 481255 2024-10-07T09:51:03.010490 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456048 2024-10-07T09:50:57.889526 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433090 2022-09-08T04:44:26.372449 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 518729 518627 2024-10-07T09:50:50.926514 2023-09-07T10:31:23.077080 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 518443 2020-12-12T05:43:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 201500 2020-12-12T05:43:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 518590 2020-12-12T05:43:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 201389 2020-12-12T05:43:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21087 2024-10-07T09:51:03.145459 application/rdf+xml 13128 2024-10-07T09:50:52.809525 image/jpeg 3394 2024-10-07T09:50:52.504515 image/jpeg 273122 2024-10-07T09:50:51.534569 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia