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On Growth and Form
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Why does a horn spiral, a cell take its shape, a jellyfish echo a splash of ink? D'Arcy Thompson's masterpiece reads living form as the work of physical forces and pure mathematics, from rates of growth to the geometry of the honeycomb. A landmark that changed how science sees life. Enter one of the most beautiful books ever written about nature.
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45 chapters
- 1GROWTH AND FORM
- 2Prefatory Note.
- 3Contents.
- 4List of Illustrations.
- 5I. Introductory.
- 6II. On Magnitude.
- 7III. The Rate of Growth.
- 8The rate of growth in Man.
- 9Pre-natal and post-natal growth.
- 10Variability and Correlation of Growth.
- 11Rate of growth in other organisms.
- 12The rate of growth of various parts or organs.
- 13The effect of temperature*.
- 14Osmotic factors in growth.
- 15Growth and catalytic action.
- 16Regeneration, or growth and repair.
- 17CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY.
- 18IV. On the Internal Form and Structure of the Cell.
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