Keywords:
Life -- Origin.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (216 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781493907366
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1782025
DDC:
576.83
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Foreword to Collected Works of Alfonso Herrera -- Introductory Notes -- Contents -- Introduction -- References -- CONCEPTS IN BIOLOGY -- INTRODUCTION. -- PLAN OF THE WORK. -- BOOK ONE. -- BOOK TWO. -- BOOK THREE. -- BOOK ONE. -- FUNDAMENTAL PROPOSITION. -- DEFINITION, PURPOSE, AND UTILITY OF BIOLOGY. -- THE PLACE OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY -- SUMMARY OF THE FIRST BOOK -- BOOK TWO -- DEMONSTRATION. -- A. -- FACTS OF FUNDAMENTAL UNITY. -- IN PLURIBUS UNUM. -- HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FACTS OF BIOLOGY RELATED TO THERMOCHEMISTRY. -- NOTE I. -- NOTE II. -- NOTE III. -- NOTE IV. -- NOTE V. -- NOTE VI. -- NOTE VII. -- SUMMARY -- B. -- FACTS OF ELEMENTARY OR CELLULAR LIFE. -- 1. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASM AND THE CELL. -- 2. OSMOTIC STRUCTURE OF PROTOPLASM. -- 3. IMITATIONS OF THE PROTOPLASM AND THE CELL BY MEANS OF ORGANIC OR INORGANIC REAGENTS. THE PROTOPLASM OF CLAY. WONDERFUL MIRROR. -- 4. MECHANICAL EXPLANATION OF CELL DIVISION. -- 5. IMITATIONS OF CELL DIVISION. -- CLAY PROTOPLASM. - MARVELOUS ILLUSIONS. -- ASSIMILATION PROPERTIES. -- PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR THE LIFE OF LOWER ORGANISMS. PROTOCOCOS. TRICODESMIAS. DIATOMS. BACTERIA, INFUSORIA. -- SUMMARY -- C. -- EVOLUTION FACTS -- GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE. -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH. -- The Primordial Epoch- (about 500 million years). -- The Primitive Epoch.- (About 200 million years) -- Primary Epoch.-(Some 6,420,000 years) 42,000 feet. -- Secondary Epoch.-(Some 2,300,000 years) 15,000 feet. -- Tertiary Epoch.-(Some 600.000 years) 3,000 feet. -- Quaternary or Present Epoch.-(Some 100,000 years). -- THE EVOLUTION OF MINERALS. -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE ANIMATED BEINGS -- APPENDIX TO THE THEORY OF DARWIN -- VARIOUS TESTS OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION -- THEORIES OF MENDEL AND DE VRIES -- OBJECTIONS TO THE THEORY OF DARWIN. -- BOOK THREE.
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SUMMARY OF CONCEPTS IN BIOLOGY. -CONCLUSIONS. -- ADDITIONS AND ERRATA. -- Plasmogeny -- Résumé of Some Results Obtained -- Organic Colloids -- Inorganic Colloids -- Various Imitations -- Future Work. Synthesis of the Protoplasm with Amino-Acids -- PLASMOGENY, A NEW SCIENCE OF THE ORIGIN OF LIFE -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE -- DEFINITION AND SCOPE OF PLASMOGENY. -- PLASMOGENY IS A SCIENCE -- PLASMOGENY IS A NEW SCIENCE. -- DIVISIONS OF PLASMOGENY. -- THE SCIENCES PRIOR TO PLASMOGENY DO NOT SHARE A FUNDAMENTAL GOAL NOR ARE THEY UNITED BY A SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLE. PLASMOGENY UNITES THEM AND PROVIDES A KEY OBJECTIVE. -- A PLASMOGENIC DEFINITION OF LIFE. -- PLASMOGENY OBEYS LOGIC. NEW SCIENCTIFIC METHODS AND EXAMPLES OF THEIR APPLICATION. -- LAWS OF ABSTRACT PLASMOGENY. -- CONCRETE LAWS OF PLASMOGENY. -- SUPREME IMPORTANCE OF THE NEW SCIENCE. -- CHAPTER II -- PREPARATORY WORK -- METAL PLANTS, PSEUDOPHYTES, OSMOTIC PLANTS OR PLANTS OF TRAUBE AND LEDUC -- ORGANIZATION OF SILICATES AND FLUOROSILICATES -- ORGANIC DIFFUSION LAB NOTES -- UTILIZING COLLODION -- GERMINATING ALUMINUM -- COLLOIDS. BUTSCHLI'S OILY AMOEBAE -- BEILSTEIN'S AMOEBA AND MODIFICATIONS -- LIQUID CRYSTALS - MESOMORPHIC STATE -- OTHER WORKS -- CURRENT WORK -- OVERVIEW OF THE BOOKET.
