CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. CHILDHOOD AND EARLY EDUCATION i 



II. COLLEGE DAYS AT CALCUTTA AND IN ENGLAND . 23 



III. EARLY STRUGGLES 32 



IV. FIRST RESEARCHES IN PHYSICS. ELECTRIC WAVES 45 



V. FURTHER PHYSICAL RESEARCH AND ITS APPRECIA- 

 TION 61 



VI. PHYSICAL RESEARCHES CONTINUED. THE THEORY 



OF MOLECULAR STRAIN AND ITS INTERPRETATIONS 71 



VII. RESPONSE IN THE LIVING AND NON-LIVING . . 86 



VIII. HOLIDAYS AND PILGRIMAGES .... 108 



IX. PLANT RESPONSE. ...... 120 



X. IRRITABILITY OF PLANTS ..... 137 



XI. THE AUTOMATIC RECORD OF GROWTH . . . 153 



XII. VARIOUS MOVEMENTS IN PLANTS .... 161 



XIII. THE RESPONSE OF PLANTS TO WIRELESS STIMU- 



LATION ........ 172 



XIV. TROPISMS 181 



XV. THE SLEEP OF PLANTS . . . . .193 



XVI. PSYCHO-PHYSICS 205 



XVII. FRIENDSHIPS AND PERSONALITY . . . .217 



XVIII. THE DEDICATION 227 



XIX. THE BOSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE .... 242 



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