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This was launched as a biological science periodical, and NB1 was published in July 1945. The final issue NB31 (with index) was published in March 1960.

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Number NB1	Series No.: NB1 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 1 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 4 pages photographic plates, 4 pages red and black diagrams Date Published: July 1945 Pages: 126pp. + 8pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: Contents: THE POTATO - MASTER OR SERVANT by Redcliffe N. Salaman THE MEASUREMENT OF HUMAN SURVIVAL by Lancelot Hogben TRACE ELEMENTS IN PLANTS by Walter Stiles THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM by J. Z. Young THE ANATOMICAL BASIS OF SENSORY EXPERIENCEby W. E. Le Gros Clark WIREWORMS AND WAR-TIME AGRICULTUREby Mary Miles MALARIA, MOSQUITOES AND MAN by M. L. Johnson GLOSSARY
Number NB2	Series No.: NB2 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 2 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: February 1947 Pages: 160pp. + 8pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: THE WAR AGAINST RODENTS by Anthony Barnett THE BIOLOGY OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL by LL. Lloyd WHALES by R. F. Ewer THE CHEMICAL BASIS OF COMPETITION BETWEEN MICROORGANISMS by P. W. Brian WEEDS OF CORNFIELDS by Winifred E. Brenchley and H. C. Long BAT 'RADAR' by Richard H. Knight ON CUTTING YOUR FINGER by Michael Abercrombie GLOSSARY
Number NB3	Series No.: NB3 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 3 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 16 pages photographic plates Date Published: 1947 Pages: 176pp. + 16pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd; photogravure plates by Eric Bemrose Ltd Price: 1/- Contents: HOW A GRASSHOPPER BECOMES A LOCUST by B. P. Uvarov FORAGE PLANTS by D. H. Robinson THE MENACE OF THE ROUNDWORM by Geoffrey Lapage ANIMAL LIFE IN CAVES by R. S. Hawes THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH by V. E. Cosslett THE BIOLOGY OF SHIP FOULING by K. A. Pyefinch BEASTS OF BURDEN by Alec Parker GLOSSARY
Number NB4	Series No.: NB4 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 4 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 16 pages photographic plates Date Published: March 1948 Pages: 160pp. + 16pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd; photogravure plates by Eric Bemrose Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: HYBRID VIGOUR by Eric Ashby ARE STATISTICS REALLY VITAL? by R. B. Fisher INSECT MENACE TO STORED PRODUCTS by John A. Freeman THE BIOLOGY AND PROPERTIES OF WOOD by E. W. J. Phillips VITAL STATISTICS OF FISH POPULATIONS by G. L. Kesteven MILK: ITS FORMATION AND SECRETION by F. H. Malpress HUMAN TEETH AND THEIR DECAY by Shirley Hughes GLOSSARY
Number NB5	Series No.: NB5 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 5 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 10 pages photographic plates Date Published: September 1948 Pages: 130pp. + 10pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd; photogravure plates by Eric Bemrose Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: EDITORIAL BLUE-GREEN ALGAE by G. E. Fogg STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN THE LIVING CELL by John. E. Harris PLANT GROWTH-REGULATING SUBSTANCES by Thomas Swarbrick MAN'S ANCESTRY by J. S. Weiner THE STUDY OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF MAMMALS by Anthony Barnett FROM EGG TO ADULT by Michael Abercrombie GLOSSARY
Number NB6	Series No.: NB6 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 6 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 16 pages photographic plates Date Published: April 1949 Pages: 128pp. + 16pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd; photogravure plates by Eric Bemrose Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: EDITORIAL THE ENGLISH LAKES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT by W. H. Pearsall THE SLUGS IN OUR GARDENS by H. F. Barnes GRASSLAND AGRONOMY by W. Davies ON BREAKING A BONE by N. A. Barnicot FAMOUS PLANTS - 1, VOLVOX by F. W. Jane FAMOUS ANIMALS - 1, HYDRA by R. F. Ewer RESEARCH NOTES: NEW LIGHTS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE VERTEBRATES by D. R. Newth LIFE CYCLE OF THE MALARIA PARASITE by M. L. Johnson GLOSSARY
Number NB7	Series No.: NB7 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 7 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: September 1949 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd; photogravure plates by Eric Bemrose Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: EDITORIAL THE BEHAVIOUR OF LIVESTOCK by Alastair N. Worden RECENT WORK ON SPIDERS by Theodore H. Savory FLOWERING OF PLANTS IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENT by O. V. S. Heath CHROMOSOMES by H. G. Callan THE SEAWEEDS AND THEIR USES by Alan J. Brook DEFINING VITAMINS by Pauline Whitby FAMOUS ANIMALS - 2, THE TAPEWORM by M. L. Johnson GLOSSARY
Number NB8	Series No.: NB8 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 8 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 16 pages photographic plates Date Published: April 1950 Pages: 128pp. + 16pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: EDITORIAL LYSENKO: THE SCIENTIFIC ISSUE by R. H. Richens MAIZE IN A MODERN WORLD by Gordon Haskell BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS by Frank Wilson PROCESS OF FOSSILIZATION by Gwyn Thomas THE BIOLOGY OF ENZYMES by D. W. Ewer GOETHE AS A BIOLOGIST by Michael Abercrombie
Number NB9	Series No.: NB9 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 9 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: October 1950 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: EDITORIAL WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CAUSE OF CANCER by I. Berenblum CANADA'S PREMIER PROBLEM OF ANIMAL CONSERVATION by W. Rowan BUTTERFLY MIGRATIONS by C. B. Williams THE DISPERSAL OF INSECTS BY WIND by C. G. Johnson PHOSPHORUS DRUGS AND INSECTICIDES by B. A. Kilby FAMOUS PLANTS - 2, THE MALE FERN by C. W. Wardlaw RECENT RESEARCHES ON WHALES by R. F. Ewer UNESCO: STATEMENT BY EXPERTS ON RACE PROBLEMS
Number NB10	Series No.: NB10 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 10 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 16 pages photographic plates Date Published: April 1951 Pages: 144pp. + 16pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 1/6d Contents: EDITORIAL FAMOUS ANIMALS - 3, AMOEBA by M. M. Swann THE BIOLOGICAL APPLICATION OF ISOTOPES by John E. Harris ON APPLE SCARS by Herbert and Mary Miles MIMICRY AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE BRITISH FAUNA by E. S. Brown INSTINCT by John Carthy THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE GANNET by Richard Perry RESEARCH NOTE: THE WETTING OF LEAVES BY WATER by G. E. Fogg Index of Subjects, Numbers 1-10 Index of Authors, Numbers 1-10 Contents of Numbers 1-10
Number NB11	Series No.: NB11 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 11 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 16 pages photographic plates Date Published: October 1951 Pages: 128pp. + 16pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 2/- Contents: EDITORIAL PROBLEMS OF ADAPTATION by P. B. Medawar THE MECHANISM OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS by G. E. Fogg APHIDS AND PLANT GROWTH by J. S. Kennedy THE BANANA by C. W. Wardlaw ACCIDENT PRONENESS by Ronald C. Mac Keith SOME FEATURES OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF MOLECULES by H. O. J. Collier FAMOUS ANIMALS - 4, PARAMECIUM by H. C. Brock
Number NB12	Series No.: NB12 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 12 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: April 1952 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/- Contents: EDITORIAL VARIATION by J. B. S. Haldane A SKIN GRAFTING PROBLEM IN CATTLE TWINS by R. E. Billingham THE MODE OF ACTION OF COPPER FUNGICIDES by R. L. Wain OCTOPUSES IN THE CHANNEL by W. J. Rees, photos by D. P. Wilson BIOCHEMISTRY AND BACTERIA by J. Perret TWO CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF THE ORIGIN OF LIFE: 1. GEOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE ORIGIN OF COMPLEX ORGANIC MOLECULES by V. M. Goldschmidt (edited by N. W. Pirie) 2. VITAL BLARNEY, A REVIEW BY N. W. PIRIE OF 'THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE' by J. D. Bernal THE MODE OF ACTION OF THE HEART IN THE FROG by G. E. H. Foxton
Number NB13	Series No.: NB13 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 13 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: October 1952 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/- Contents: EDITORIAL CAN WILD ANIMALS BE KEPT IN CAPTIVITY? by H. Spurway POLYPLOIDY AND PLANT BREEDING by M. S. Swaminathan THE ANALYSIS OF HUMAN SKILL by R. C. Oldfield THE THYROID GLAND - A STUDY IN COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY by E. J. W. Barrington THE BED-BUG by C. G. Johnson FAMOUS PLANTS - 3, MUCOR by H. Tristram NOTES ON P. B. MEDAWAR'S ARTICLE 'PROBLEMS OF ADAPTATION' in New Biology 11 (1) P. B. Medawar (2) R. F. Ewer KEEP OF THE GRASS: REPLY TO 'VITAL BLARNEY' REVIEW BY N. W. PIRIE in New Biology 12 by J. D. Bernal
Number NB14	Series No.: NB14 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 14 Edited by: M. L. Johnson and Michael Abercrombie Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: April 1953 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/- Contents: EDITORIAL FIGHTING AND THREAT IN ANIMALS by N. Tinbergen CRITICAL PHASES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL RESPONSES IN MAN by J. Bowlby TERRITORY AND EVOLUTION IN STICKLEBACKS by H. Spurway COTTON IN EGYPT by Clement H. Brown BIRDS AS AEROPLANES by J. Maynard Smith THE WHEAT BLOSSOM MIDGES by H. F. Barnes THE HONEY-BEE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS by G. D. Glynne Jones FAMOUS ANIMALS - 5, THE FLEA by R. B. Freeman EDITORS' BOOK NOTES
Number NB15	Series No.: NB15 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 15 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: October 1953 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/- Contents: EDITORIAL ANIMAL POPULATIONS AND THEIR REGULATION by J. B. S. Haldane THE COCONUT by R. Child SOME RESULTS OF BIRD RINGING by Richard Perry SEEING'S BELIEVING by M. L. Johnson FAMOUS ANIMALS - 6, THE DOGFISH by John E. Harris FAMOUS PLANTS - 4, CHORELLA by G. E. Fogg THE ORIGIN OF BIOLOGICAL PATTERN by C. H. Waddington SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB16	Series No.: NB16 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 16 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Cover design: by Erwin Fabian Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: April 1954 Pages: 136pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/- Contents: EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION TO FOUR CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE ORIGIN OF LIFE THE ORIGINS OF LIFE by J. B. S. Haldane THE ORIGIN OF LIFE by J. D. Bernal ON MAKING AND RECOGNIZING LIFE by N. W. Pirie THE EVOLUTION OF LIVING MATTER by J. W. S. Pringle A NOTE ON THE GREEN OF MARS ORGANISMS AS PHYSIO-CHEMICAL MACHINES by H. G. Bray and K. White TWO 'LIVING FOSSILS' (a) COELACANTHS by D. M. S. Watson (b) THE DAWN REDWOOD by F. W. Jane ROOT EELWORMS by Herbert and Mary Miles THE STEM APEX OF A DICOTYLEDON by D. J. B. White SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB17	Series No.: NB17 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 16 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 16 pages photographic plates Date Published: October 1954 Pages: 128pp. + 16pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d (sticker over 2/-) Contents: EDITORIAL BIOLOGY AND LAND-USE IN EAST AFRICA by W. H. Pearsall SABRE-TOOTHED TIGERS by R. F. Ewer WOODLICE AND THE LAND HABITAT by E. B. Edney THE SULPHUR BACTERIA by J. Postgate PROTOZOA IN RUMINANTS by Brenda Sugden PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE SEA FLOOR by H. G. Vevers FAMOUS PLANTS - 5, FUCUS by L. Newton THE NATURE AND NURTURE OF MONSTERS by M. Abercrombie SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB18	Series No.: NB18 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 18 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 4 pages photographic plates Date Published: April 1955 Pages: 128pp. + 4pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: EDITORIAL THE BIOLOGY OF OLD AGE by Alex Comfort POPULATION GENETICS by J. B. S. Haldane NITORGEN FIXATION by G. E. Fogg THE RESISTANCE OF MAMMALS AND THEIR TISSUES TO LOW TEMPERATURES by R. E. Billingham FAMOUS PLANTS - 6, THE MUSHROOM by C. T. Ingold BRITISH WATER LILIES by Y. Heslop-Harrison HORMONE ACTION IN INSECT METAMORPHOSIS by C. H. Waddington SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB19	Series No.: NB19 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 19 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: October 1955 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: EDITORIAL SOME ALTERNATIVES TO SEX by J. B. S. Haldane FLAGELLA - VARIATIONS AND ENIGMAS by Ralph A. Lewin THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CROSS-BRED by Donald Michie and Anne McLaren THE BLUE TIT'S YEAR by John Warham ANIMAL MITOCHONDRIA by Geoffrey H. Bourne PLANT MITOCHONDRIA AND RESPIRATION by W. O. James PLAGUE by R. B. Freeman FAMOUS PLANT-ANIMAL, EUGLENA by F. W. Jane SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB20	Series No.: NB20 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 20 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: April 1956 Pages: 144pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: ELMS by R. H. Richens THE GENETIC EFFECTS OF RADIATION 1-THE PRODUCTION OF MUTATIONby C. Auerbach 2-THE EFFECTS ON HUMAN POPULATIONSby A Robertson THE VOICE OF THE CHAFFINCH by P. Marler VASCULAR DISEASES OF HIGHER PLANTS by R. K. S. Wood CULTURAL MAMMALOGY by H. Spurwau MAN'S BEGINNINGS IN AFRICA by A. J. Arkell SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS Index to Numbers 11 - 20
Number NB21	Series No.: NB21 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 21 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: September 1956 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: PRESENT RESEARCH IN BEER by H. J. Bunker BRITISH FRESHWATER SHRIMPS by H. B. N. Hynes HUMAN HAEMOGLOBIN TYPES by A. C. Allison BEES AND FLOWERS by Aubrey Manning THE BRITISH HARVEST MITE by Bryn M. Jones THE DYSENTERY AMOEBA OF MAN by R. S. J. Hawes FAMOUS ANIMALS - 7, THE EARTHWORM by Betty Roots SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB22	Series No.: NB22 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 22 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: January 1957 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: THE PROSPECTS OF EUGENICS by J. B. S. Haldane HOW WE STUDY FOSSIL PLANTS - CAYTONIA by T. M. Harris THE LIFE OF THE LUGWORM by G. P. Wells STINGING CAPSULES AND DESIGNING NATURE by L. E. R. Picken THE 'EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS' by S. A. Barnett THE BIOLOGY OF THE BLOWFLY CONTROL IN AUSTRALIA by G. R. Moule FAMOUS PLANTS - 6, FUNARIA by E. V. Watson SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB23	Series No.: NB23 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 23 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 16 pages photographic plates Date Published: May 1957 Pages: 128pp. + 16pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: EDITORIAL THE SEXUALITY OF FLOWERS by J. Heslop-Harrison SOUND IN THE INSECT WORLD by P. T. Haskell DAPHNIA - THE WATER FLEA by J. Green A BIOCHEMICAL ENIGMA: THE MECHANISM OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS by L. Fowden WATER-BLOOMS by A. J. Brook FAMOUS ANIMALS - 8, THE AXOLOTL by E. M. Deuchar SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB24	Series No.: NB24 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 24 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: October 1957 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: NEGLECTED ANIMALS - THE FORAMINIFERA by H. Sandon THE EFFECTS OF THE FLOODS OF 1953 ON THE AGRICULTURE OF EASTERN ENGLAND by H. G. Chippindale THE MAST CELL by G. M. Wyburn and P. Bacsich HAEMOGLOBIN IN CRUSTACEA by H. Munro Fox HOW MILK IS MADEby J. M. Barry MAPPING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS by S. M. Walters SCIENCE AND FOOD PRODUCTION THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS by G. L. Kesteven THE NEW ETHOLOGY ESSAY REVIEW OF LEARNING AND INSTINCT IN ANIMALS by W. H. Thorpe SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB25	Series No.: NB25 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 25 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: January 1958 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: KARL PEARSON by J. B. S. Haldane TRANSPIRATION by P. J. Syrett VEGETATION AND WATER CONSERVATION by J. D. Ovington CLIMATE AND GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION IN BIRDS by D. W. Snow ALGAE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT by P. C. G. Isaac and Molly Lodge THE CUTTLEFISH-SEPIA by B. B. Boycott THE GALATHEA DEEP SEA EXPIDITION by C. M. Yonge SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB26	Series No.: NB26 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 26 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: May 1958 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: THE HEN'S EGG by D. A. T New FAMOUS PLANTS - 8, THE BUTTERCUP by J. L. Harper NEW (AND BETTER?) PARTS FOR OLD by D. R. Newth CONSERVATION AS A WORLD PROBLEM by W. H. Pearsall NATURE CONSERVATION IN BRITAIN by J. B. Cragg PEAT BOGS by P. J. Newbould CYBERNETICS AND BIOLOGY by F. H. George SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB27	Series No.: NB27 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 27 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: October 1958 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: FLAX AS AN ECONOMIC PLANT by John Colhoun SUBCEPTION by N. F. Dixon GRAFTING TISSUE BETWEEN ANIMALS by N. A. Mitchison FUNGOUS DISEASES OF MAN AND ANIMALS by G. C. Ainsworth EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOUR IN ANIMALS AND MAN by S. A. Barnett FAMOUS PLANTS - 9, THE LIVERWORT, MARCHANTIA by P. W. Richards FAMOUS ANIMALS - 9, THE ROUNDWORM, ASCARIS by John E. Harris and H. D. Crofton
Number NB28	Series No.: NB28 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 28 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 4 pages photographic plates Date Published: January 1959 Pages: 136pp. + 4pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE by P. D. F. Murray THE STRUCTURE OF DARWINISM by A. G. N. Flew THE FORMATION OF ANIMAL SPECIES by A. B. Acton THE ORIGIN OF ISOLATION by J. Heslop-Harrison AUTOMATIC MECHANICAL SELF-REPRODUCTION by L. S. Penrose HAIR by N. A. Barnicot SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB29	Series No.: NB29 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 29 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 4 pages photographic plates Date Published: May 1959 Pages: 128pp. + 4pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: CONTINENTAL DRIFT by W. G. Chaloner DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN OCEANS AND LAKES by G. E. Fogg BITING MIDGES by Alec Parker RACIAL ASPECTS OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION by I. Dunsford NEGLECTED PLANTS - LICHENS by F. H. Brightman THE ECOLOGY OF INVASION: ECOLOGICAL STABILITY AND INSTABILITY by W. H. Pearsall BIOLOGICAL STUDIES IN THE ANTARTIC REGIONS by J. B. Cragg SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB30	Series No.: NB30 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 30 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: November 1959 Pages: 128pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: EGG FORMATION IN THE HEN by A. H. Sykes HOW DO THE LUNGS EXPAND AT BIRTH? by Robert C. Mac Keith VARIEGATED FOLIAGE by J. Timson EDIBLE BIRDS' NESTS by R. W. Sims ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND CELL COMMUNICATION by E. H. Mercer REPRODUCTION IN LIZARDS AND SNAKES by A. d'A. Bellairs THE ABSORPTION OF FERTILIZERS BY LEAVES by L. J. Middleton BORON AND PLANT GROWTH by J. C. O'Kelley THE BIOPHYSICS OF ANIMAL FORM by C. H. Waddington SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS
Number NB31	Series No.: NB31 Title: NEW BIOLOGY 31 Edited by: M. L. Johnson, Michael Abercrombie and G. E. Fogg Illustrations: numerous drawings/sketches and graphs; 8 pages photographic plates Date Published: March 1960 Pages: 158pp. + 8pp. Printer: Campfield Press Price: 2/6d. Contents: EDITORIAL - SWAN SONG OF A PENGUIN INTRODUCTION TO REPLICATION by Michael Abercrombie THE CONTROL OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS by J. Brachet THE STRUCTURE AND REPLICATION OF DNA by N. D. Symonds DEVELOPMENTS IN THE THEORY OF SELF-REPLICATION by L. S. Penrose REPLICATION IN BACTERIA AND VIRUSES by Kenneth Burton REPLICATION DURING EMBRYOGENESIS by D. R. Newth ANTIBODY FORMATION by J. H. Humphrey PARAMECIUM AND THE PROBLEM OF DIFFERENTIATION by G. H. Beale BIOLOGICAL REPLICATION CONSIDERED IN THE GENERAL CONTEXT OF SCIENTIFIC ILLUSION by N. W. Pirie SOME RECENT BIOLOGICAL BOOKS Index of Subjects, Numbers 21 - 31 Index of Authors, Numbers 21 - 31 Contents of Numbers 21 - 27 and 28 - 30

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