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ON GROWTH AND FORM

Written by D'Arcy Thompson, John Tyler Bonner
Published by Cambridge University Press in 1961

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Front cover

Cover of ON GROWTH AND FORM by D'Arcy Thompson; John Tyler Bonner

Contents

  • Introduction by JOHN TYLER BONNER
  • I Introductory
  • II On Magnitude
  • III The Forms of Cells
  • IV The Forms of Tissues, or Cell-aggregates
  • V On Spicules and Spicular Skeletons
  • VI The Equiangular Spiral
  • VII The Shapes of Horns and of Teeth or Tusks
  • VIII On Form and Mechanical Efficiency
  • IX On the Theory of Transformations, or the Comparison of Related Forms
  • X Epilogue
  • Index