On Growth and Form

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
I.	INTRODUCTORY	1
II.	ON MAGNITUDE	16
III.	THE RATE OF GROWTH	50
IV.	ON THE INTERNAL FORM AND STRUCTURE OF THE CELL	156
V.	THE FORMS OF CELLS	201
VI.	A NOTE ON ADSORPTION	277
VII.	THE FORMS OF TISSUES, OR CELL-AGGREGATES	293
VIII.	THE SAME (continued)	346
IX.	ON CONCRETIONS, SPICULES, AND SPICULAR SKELETONS	411
X.	A PARENTHETIC NOTE ON GEODETICS	488
XI.	THE LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL	493
XII.	THE SPIRAL SHELLS OF THE FORAMINIFERA	587
XIII.	THE SHAPES OF HORNS, AND OF TEETH OR TUSKS: WITH A NOTE ON TORSION	612
XIV.	ON LEAF-ARRANGEMENT, OR PHYLLOTAXIS	635
XV.	ON THE SHAPES OF EGGS, AND OF CERTAIN OTHER HOLLOW STRUCTURES	652
XVI.	ON FORM AND MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY	670
XVII.	ON THE THEORY OF TRANSFORMATIONS, OR THE COMPARISON OF RELATED FORMS	719
	EPILOGUE	778
	INDEX	780

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