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How Man Affects Forest Ecosystems
The effects of man on forest ecosystems have been, and continue to be, very great. As Darling (1956) has pointed out, “Man advances materially and...
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Politics and the Evolutionary Process
Homo sapiens—the knowing, the wise, the sagacious animal—that is what the taxonomists of the eighteenth century named this remarkable—nay, this...
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A chemurgic survey of the desert flora in the American Southwest
While commercial utilization of the desert flora in the American Southwest is still scarcely begun, there are possibilities of obtaining stock feed,...
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Mythology
The word tina means both “story” and “proceeding”, “the manner of doing things”. It therefore immediately establishes a connection between manners...
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Reaction Time as an Index of Sensory Function
It is probably quite apparent from the contents of this book that there are many techniques which can be used to determine either the minimum levels...
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Neural Substrates of Sensory Substitution
In a study of central sensory mechanisms, the investigation of the capabilities of one sensory system should give a strong indication of the...
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Nutmeg as a narcotic
The seeds and arils of M. fragmns have powerful narcotic properties. In man, they have frequently caused serious but almost never fatal intoxications....
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The History of Cybernetics in the 19th Century
The word “cybernetics” was coined in the year 1948 by Wiener: “I first looked for a Greek word signifying ‘messenger’, but the only...
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Central Actions of Impulses in Muscle Afferent Fibres
Skeletal muscle and its tendinous attachments constitute a major fraction — probably approaching half — of the total body mass. The rich inflow of...
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On Ageing and Old Age
By way of introduction, it may be useful to define the scope and object of gerontology and geriatrics1.