On Growth and Form
Douban
The Complete Revised Edition
D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson
overview
Classic of biology and modern science sets forth seminal "theory of transformation" -- that one species evolves into another not by successive minor changes in individual body parts but by large-scale transformations involving the body as a whole. Rich literary style. Over 500 photographs and drawings. Index.
contents
I. INTRODUCTORY
II. ON MAGNITUDE
II. THE RATE OF GROWTH
IV. ON THE INTERNAL FORM AND STRUCTURE OF THE CELL
V. THE FORMS OF CELLS
VI. A NOTE ON ADSORPTION
VII. "THE FORMS OF TISSUES, OR CELL-AGGREGATES "
VIII. THE SAME (continued)
IX. "ON CONCRETIONS, SPICULES, AND SPICULAR SKELETONS"
X. A PARENTHETIC NOTE ON GEODETICS
XI. THE EQUIANGULAR SPIRAL
XII. THE SPIRAL SHELLS OF THE FORAMINIFERA
XIII. "THE SHAPES OF HORNS, AND OF TEETH OR TUSKS: WITH A NOTE ON TORSION"
XIV. "ON LEAF-ARRANGEMENT, OR PHYLLOTAXIS "
XV. "ON THE SHAPES OF EGGS, AND OF CERTAIN OTHER HOLLOW STRUCTURES"
XVI. ON FORM AND MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY
XVII. "ON THE THEORY OF TRANSFORMATIONS, OR THE COMPARISON OF RELATED FORMS "
EPILOGUE
INDEX
PLATES
A Splash of Milk
The Latto Phase of a Splash
