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(1) A BOOK by Dr. Jacques Loeb is always very welcome, for he bases new ideas on new facts, and these are often surprising. The central idea of this book is not new-that organisms are “chemical machines consisting chiefly of colloidal material and possessing the peculiarity of preserving and reproducing themselves” but many of the facts illustrating this definition are new, and many of them are the rewards of the author's own industry and ingenuity.
(1) The Organism as a Whole, from a Physico-chemical Viewpoint.
By Dr. Jacques Loeb. Pp. x + 379. (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916.) Price 2.50 dollars.
(2) Organic Evolution. A Text-book.
By Prof. R. S. Lull. Pp. xviii + 729. (New York: The Macmillan Co.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1917.) Price 3 dollars.
(3) Biology.
By Prof. Gary N. Calkins. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Pp. viii + 255. (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1917.)
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T., J. (1) The Organism as a Whole, from a Physico-chemical Viewpoint (2) Organic Evolution A Text-book (3) Biology. Nature 100, 441–442 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/100441a0
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