PREFATORY NOTE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. ON MAGNITUDE
CHAPTER III THE RATE OF GROWTH
CHAPTER IV ON THE INTERNAL FORM AND STRUCTURE OF THE CELL
CHAPTER V THE FORMS OF CELLS
CHAPTER VI A NOTE ON ADSORPTION
CHAPTER VII THE FORMS OF TISSUES OR CELL-AGGREGATES
CHAPTER VIII THE FORMS OF TISSUES OR CELL-AGGREGATES ( continued )
CHAPTER IX ON CONCRETIONS, SPICULES, AND SPICULAR SKELETONS
CHAPTER X A PARENTHETIC NOTE ON GEODETICS
CHAPTER XI THE LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL
CHAPTER XII THE SPIRAL SHELLS OF THE FORAMINIFERA
CHAPTER XIII THE SHAPES OF HORNS, AND OF TEETH OR TUSKS: WITH A NOTE ON TORSION
CHAPTER XIV ON LEAF-ARRANGEMENT, OR PHYLLOTAXIS
CHAPTER XV ON THE SHAPES OF EGGS, AND OF CERTAIN OTHER HOLLOW STRUCTURES
CHAPTER XVI ON FORM AND MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY
CHAPTER XVII ON THE THEORY OF TRANSFORMATIONS, OR THE COMPARISON OF RELATED FORMS *
EPILOGUE.
NOTES:
INDEX.
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