TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Translator's Preface 



Author's Preface . 



Introduction 



I. Line and Living Beings 



II. Solutions 



III Electrolytic Solutions 



IV. Colloids 



V. Diffusion and Osmosis 



VI. Periodicity . 



VII. Cohesion and Crystallization 



VIII. Karyokinesis 



IX Energetics . 



X. Synthetic Biology . 



XI. Osmotic Growth : A Study in Morphogenesis 



XII. The Phenomena of Life and Osmotic Productions 

 A Study in Physiogenesis 



XIII. Evolution and Spontaneous Generation 



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