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On Growth and Form

On Growth and Form

by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

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Author
Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860-1948
Credits
Chris Curnow, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QP: Science: Physiology
Subject
Growth
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 55264
Release Date
August 4, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.GROWTH AND FORM
  2. 2.PREFATORY NOTE
  3. 3.CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. ON MAGNITUDE
  8. 8.CHAPTER III THE RATE OF GROWTH — The rate of growth in Man. — Pre-natal and post-natal growth. — Variability and Correlation of Growth. — Rate of growth in other organisms * . — The rate of growth of various parts or organs * . — The effect of temperature * . — Osmotic factors in growth. — Growth and catalytic action. — Regeneration, or growth and repair. — C ONCLUSION AND S UMMARY.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV ON THE INTERNAL FORM AND STRUCTURE OF THE CELL
  10. 10.CHAPTER V THE FORMS OF CELLS
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI A NOTE ON ADSORPTION
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII THE FORMS OF TISSUES OR CELL-AGGREGATES
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII THE FORMS OF TISSUES OR CELL-AGGREGATES ( continued )
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX ON CONCRETIONS, SPICULES, AND SPICULAR SKELETONS
  15. 15.CHAPTER X A PARENTHETIC NOTE ON GEODETICS
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL — The Univalve Shell: a summary. — Of Bivalve Shells. — The Shells of Pteropods. — Of Septa.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII THE SPIRAL SHELLS OF THE FORAMINIFERA — Conclusion.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII THE SHAPES OF HORNS, AND OF TEETH OR TUSKS: WITH A NOTE ON TORSION — A further Note upon Torsion. — Of Deer’s Antlers. — Of Teeth, and of Beak and Claw.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV ON LEAF-ARRANGEMENT, OR PHYLLOTAXIS
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV ON THE SHAPES OF EGGS, AND OF CERTAIN OTHER HOLLOW STRUCTURES — On the Form of Sea-urchins — On the Form and Branching of Blood-vessels
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI ON FORM AND MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII ON THE THEORY OF TRANSFORMATIONS, OR THE COMPARISON OF RELATED FORMS *
  23. 23.EPILOGUE. — NOTES:
  24. 24.INDEX.
  25. 25.SELECTION FROM THE GENERAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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