Protoplasm: Its Origin, Varieties, and Functions (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John Williams Hayward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265904722 ISBN 13: 9780265904725

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Protoplasm: Its Origin, Varieties, and Functions

Protoplasm the only living substance - Cells - Every living cell protoplasm - First protoplasm - Protoplasm, how made - Cell-nucleus the centre of elaboration - Vital activity innate in cell-nucleus - Atoms and molecules - Origin and nature of atoms - Atoms always in motion - Attraction and repulsion - The Eternal Mind the source of matter and motion - Motion the source of life and mind - Cause and nature of chemical affinity and gravitation - Solution of the mystery and riddle of the universe - Origin of protoplasm Spontaneous generation - No break in Nature's chain Complex nature of protoplasm-different kinds of proto plasm - Life a result of the activity within protoplasm Mind a result of the activity within the grey nervous matter - Different grades of mind and their causes - Conscious ness, memory, recollection, will, judgment, the soul. Appendix, on abiogenesis - Special creations - Orderly development of the world.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265904722
• ISBN 13: 9780265904725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 53