Falling In Love - Allen, Grant
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Falling In Love: With Other Essays On More Exact Branches Of Science (1890) is a collection of essays by Grant Allen, a Canadian-British novelist and science writer. The book explores the topic of falling in love from a scientific perspective, examining the physiological and psychological aspects of the experience. Allen draws on research from various fields, including biology, psychology, and sociology, to provide insights into the nature of romantic attraction and its evolutionary origins.In addition to the title essay, Falling In Love also includes several other essays on scientific topics,…mehr

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Falling In Love: With Other Essays On More Exact Branches Of Science (1890) is a collection of essays by Grant Allen, a Canadian-British novelist and science writer. The book explores the topic of falling in love from a scientific perspective, examining the physiological and psychological aspects of the experience. Allen draws on research from various fields, including biology, psychology, and sociology, to provide insights into the nature of romantic attraction and its evolutionary origins.In addition to the title essay, Falling In Love also includes several other essays on scientific topics, such as the physics of the sun, the chemistry of food, and the biology of sex. Allen's writing is accessible and engaging, making complex scientific concepts understandable to the lay reader. The book offers a fascinating glimpse into the scientific thinking of the late 19th century, and provides a valuable historical perspective on the study of love and human behavior.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Canadian scientific author and novelist Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 - October 25, 1899) received his education in England. In the latter part of the nineteenth century, he actively promoted evolution in public. Allen was born in Kingston, Canada West, close to Wolfe Island (known as Ontario after Confederation). Joseph Antisell Allen, a Protestant pastor from Dublin, Ireland, was his father. Allen attended Merton College in Oxford and King Edward's School in Birmingham for his education. He joined Queen's Institution, a Jamaican black college, as a professor in his mid-20s. He was influenced by the associationist psychology of Herbert Spencer and Alexander Bain. He produced 30 books between 1884 and 1899, including the controversial The Woman Who Did. The Type-writer Girl and Olive Pratt Rayner were pen names used by English novelist Grant Allen. With the publication of The British Barbarians, he made history in the field of science fiction (1895). On October 25, 1899, Grant Allen passed away from liver cancer at his house in Haslemere, Surrey, England. Before finishing Hilda Wade, he passed away.