Text Book of Biology (Annotated & Illustrated)

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Physiology
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Author: H. G. Wells ISBN: 1230001961379
Publisher: Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher Publication: October 10, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: H. G. Wells
ISBN: 1230001961379
Publisher: Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher
Publication: October 10, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).
*An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.
*This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.

Today he’s known for such classic science fiction novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, so people are often surprised to learn that the first original book-length work published by H.G. Wells was a textbook. Wells had studied biology at the Normal School of Science in South Kensington, London under the great T.H. Huxley, on a scholarship for teacher trainees. It was there that he got his start writing fiction in the Science Schools Journal, which he founded and edited himself.

Wells’ early career didn’t go as planned. In fact, he failed his geology exam in 1887, and wouldn’t earn his zoology degree until 1890. Once he had his degree in hand, he began teaching at the University Correspondence College, founded by William Briggs. In 1893 Wells supplemented his income by writing the Text-Book of Biology, which was published as part of the University Correspondence College Tutorial Series — a set of textbooks written for working students who needed to pass the University of London exams. The Text-Book of Biology was a hit and remained in print for 30 years. Wells himself, however, seems not to have thought much of the effort, and referred to it on at least one occasion as “pure hackwork.”

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*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).
*An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.
*This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.

Today he’s known for such classic science fiction novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, so people are often surprised to learn that the first original book-length work published by H.G. Wells was a textbook. Wells had studied biology at the Normal School of Science in South Kensington, London under the great T.H. Huxley, on a scholarship for teacher trainees. It was there that he got his start writing fiction in the Science Schools Journal, which he founded and edited himself.

Wells’ early career didn’t go as planned. In fact, he failed his geology exam in 1887, and wouldn’t earn his zoology degree until 1890. Once he had his degree in hand, he began teaching at the University Correspondence College, founded by William Briggs. In 1893 Wells supplemented his income by writing the Text-Book of Biology, which was published as part of the University Correspondence College Tutorial Series — a set of textbooks written for working students who needed to pass the University of London exams. The Text-Book of Biology was a hit and remained in print for 30 years. Wells himself, however, seems not to have thought much of the effort, and referred to it on at least one occasion as “pure hackwork.”

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