Lankester

Lankester is absolutely right; the beginning of a new year is an entirely arbitrary nonevent in our lives.

Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009

This one was called Science from an easy chair by Ray Lankester, published in 1913.

Archive 2009-01-01 AYDIN 2009

Lankester was a friend of Marx, and spoke on his funeral.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Anti-Mankiw! 2010

Lankester was appalled at how Sacculina lost its segments and appendages as it matured.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

“Let the parasitic life once be secured,” Lankester warned, “and away go legs, jaws, eyes, and ears; the active, highly gifted crab may become a mere sac, absorbing nourishment and laying eggs.”

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Once King Edward VII offered him some tidbit of scientific knowledge while paying him a royal visit, and Lankester bluntly replied, “Sir, the facts are not so; you have been misinformed.”

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

“Degeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism” Lankester, 16, 56

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

When Lankester became a man, he had a giant frame and a puffy, vaguely Charles Laughton–like face.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

Ray Lankester had nothing but contempt for Sacculina, the barnacle that degenerates practically into a plant.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

To Lankester, the quintessential parasite was a miserable barnacle named Sacculina carcini.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009