Project Gutenberg 2008-08-26 Public domain in the USA. 75 Ball, W. P. (William Platt) 1844 1917 Ball, William Platt Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin Produced by Bryan Ness, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited?" by William Platt Ball is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work critically examines the contrasting views of evolutionary theorists Herbert Spencer and Charles Darwin regarding the inheritance of acquired characteristics. The central topic of the book revolves around the inquiry into whether traits developed during an organism's life (due to use or disuse) can be passed down to subsequent generations, a concept that has significant implications for the understanding of evolution and heredity. The opening of the text establishes the importance of the scientific inquiry at hand, emphasizing its implications on morality and society as inspired by thinkers like Herbert Spencer. Ball expresses his gratitude to influential figures who guided him through his exploration of this contentious issue, setting the stage for his argument against the notion that acquired traits are inherited. He introduces the broader context of the debate over evolution, touching on natural selection and the arguments posited by his contemporaries like Spencer and Darwin, positioning the discussion as vital not only to biological understanding but also to social and moral considerations regarding the progress of humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Variation (Biology) Heredity QH Text Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 222990 222988 2024-09-11T09:22:29.884540 2023-09-12T03:38:39.674217 text/html text/html 222186 2021-01-04T00:59:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 74196 2021-01-04T00:59:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 133941 2024-09-11T09:22:35.704529 application/epub+zip 133537 2024-09-11T09:22:31.473583 application/epub+zip 133536 2024-09-11T09:22:30.524547 application/epub+zip 316444 2024-09-11T09:22:38.848516 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 292696 2024-09-11T09:22:34.991547 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314050 2022-09-12T09:33:49.248547 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182695 182474 2024-09-11T09:22:29.149558 2023-09-12T03:38:39.141228 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 182614 2021-01-04T00:59:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 65784 2021-01-04T00:59:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 182619 2021-01-04T00:59:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 65731 2021-01-04T00:59:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19843 2024-09-11T09:22:38.993491 application/rdf+xml 17377 2024-09-11T09:22:30.884569 image/jpeg 3804 2024-09-11T09:22:30.702540 image/jpeg 123523 2024-09-11T09:22:29.901554 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