Aristotle's Biology
In Our Time: Science
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The Relationship Between Matter and Form
Temperatures make a difference as to the sex of the offspring, whether they're facing north or south. So if you're facing one way and the sort of the bodies become more heated, then a male is more likely,. that sort of thing. But because he has such strong ideas about how much difference temperature makes for the sex ofthe offspring, he's quite happy to endorse that kind of thing. He had no microscopes, no access to technology, which is in every university at the moment. And so this was outside observation the entire time, and then thinking.
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