Project Gutenberg 2005-10-07 Public domain in the USA. 688 Allen, Grant 1848 1899 Allen, Charles Grant Blairfindie Falling in Love; With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Falling in love -- Right and left -- Evolution -- Strictly incog. -- Seven-year sleepers -- A fossil continent -- A very old master -- British and foreign -- Thunderbolts -- Honey-dew -- The milk in the coco-nut -- Food and feeding -- De banana -- Go to the ant -- Big animals -- Fossil food -- Ogbury Barrows -- Fish out of water -- The first potter -- The recipe for genius -- Desert sands. Produced by Clare Boothby, Annika Feilbach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Falling in Love; With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science" by Grant Allen is a collection of essays written in the late 19th century. The book explores various scientific themes through a lens that emphasizes the human experience and instincts, particularly the phenomenon of falling in love. Allen argues against the notion that love is a mere distraction from rational selection in human partnerships, positing instead that love is a beneficial, evolutionary instinct designed to enhance human efficiency and the species' survival. At the start of the collection, Allen introduces the contentious topic of love as a natural instinct versus the artificial imposition of societal norms, referencing Sir George Campbell's views on marriage selection. He humorously critiques Campbell's perspective that love is a 'foolish idea' and instead delves into how love, along with physical attraction, serves as a critical mechanism for selecting healthy partners. The opening sets the stage for a broader discussion around various scientific concepts, blending serious biological insights with engaging commentary on human emotions, ultimately defending love as a foundational aspect of human relationships and evolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 46.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Science Q Text Love Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Fiction Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Science - Biology 710597 2025-06-07T09:33:57.503470 text/html 714227 2020-12-12T16:50:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 275502 2020-12-12T16:50:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 375362 2025-06-07T09:34:08.443338 application/epub+zip 385441 2025-06-07T09:34:01.644388 application/epub+zip 351921 2025-06-07T09:34:00.163425 application/epub+zip 740969 2025-06-07T09:34:13.909381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 703716 2025-06-07T09:34:07.497349 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 661400 2022-09-08T07:40:27.649576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 687560 2025-06-07T09:33:56.909439 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 687104 2020-12-12T16:50:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 267264 2020-12-12T16:50:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 687217 2020-12-12T16:50:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 267103 2020-12-12T16:50:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20938 2025-06-07T09:34:14.056330 application/rdf+xml 25189 2025-06-07T09:34:00.743390 image/jpeg 4829 2025-06-07T09:34:00.449379 image/jpeg 372628 2025-06-07T09:33:57.568438 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia