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On Growth and Form
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
· Mathematics · 72 章
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GROWTH AND FORM
Prefatory Note.
List of Illustrations.
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
I. Introductory.
II. On Magnitude.
Chapter 8
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.
Chapter 15
The effect of temperature*.
Osmotic factors in growth.
Growth and catalytic action.
Regeneration, or growth and repair.
CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY.
IV. On the Internal Form and Structure of the Cell.
Chapter 22
V. The Forms of Cells
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
VI. A Note on Adsorption.
VII. The Forms of Tissues Or Cell-aggregates.
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
VIII. The Forms of Tissues or Cell-aggregates (continued)
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
IX. On Concretions, Spicules, and Spicular Skeletons.
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
X. A Parenthetic Note on Geodetics.
XI. The Logarithmic Spiral.
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
The Univalve Shell: a summary.
Of Bivalve Shells.
The Shells of Pteropods.
Of Septa.
XII. The Spiral Shells of the Foraminifera.
Conclusion.
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.
XIV. On Leaf-arrangement, Or Phyllotaxis.
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
XVI. On Form and Mechanical Efficiency.
Chapter 59
XVII. On the Theory of Transformations, Or the Comparison of Related Forms.
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
NOTES:
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Index.
Selection from the General Catalogue of Books Published by the Cambridge University Press.
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