On Growth and Form

On Growth and Form is a book by the Scottish mathematical biologist D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. The book is 793 pages in the first edition of 1917, 1116 pages in the second edition of 1942.

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2 GROWTH AND FORM
3 PREFATORY NOTE
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About the author

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson CB FRS FRSE was a Scottish biologist, classicist and mathematician. He was a pioneer of mathematical and theoretical biology, travelled on expeditions to the Bering Strait and held the position of Professor of Natural History at University College, Dundee for 32 years, then at St Andrews for 31 years. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, was knighted, and received the Darwin Medal and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal.

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Table of contents

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"Cover"

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GROWTH AND FORM

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY

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CHAPTER II. ON MAGNITUDE

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CHAPTER III THE RATE OF GROWTH

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CHAPTER IVON THE INTERNAL FORM AND STRUCTURE OF THE CELL

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CHAPTER V THE FORMS OF CELLS

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CHAPTER VI A NOTE ON ADSORPTION

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CHAPTER VII THE FORMS OF TISSUES OR CELL-AGGREGATES

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CHAPTER VIII THE FORMS OF TISSUES OR CELL-AGGREGATES (continued)

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CHAPTER IX ON CONCRETIONS, SPICULES, AND SPICULAR SKELETONS

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CHAPTER X A PARENTHETIC NOTE ON GEODETICS

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CHAPTER XI THE LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL

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CHAPTER XII THE SPIRAL SHELLS OF THE FORAMINIFERA

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CHAPTER XIII THE SHAPES OF HORNS, AND OF TEETH OR TUSKS: WITH A NOTE ON TORSION

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CHAPTER XIV ON LEAF-ARRANGEMENT, OR PHYLLOTAXIS

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CHAPTER XV ON THE SHAPES OF EGGS, AND OF CERTAIN OTHER HOLLOW STRUCTURES

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CHAPTER XVI ON FORM AND MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY

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CHAPTER XVII ON THE THEORY OF TRANSFORMATIONS, OR THE COMPARISON OF RELATED FORMS*

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EPILOGUE

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INDEX

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SELECTION FROM THE GENERAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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