Elementary Biology: An Introduction to the Science of Life

Benjamin Charles Gruenberg

Ginn, 1919 - Biology - 528 pages

Contents

• THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE CHAPTER PAGE I INTRODUCTION: 3
• WHAT GOES ON IN THE WORLD: 7
• LIFE PROCESSES OF THE ORGANISM IV LIVING THINGS AND NONLIVING THINGS: 15
• THE LIVING STUFF: 20
• THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE: 25
• AIR AND SOIL IN RELATION TO SPROUTING: 29
• SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS: 32
• EXTERNAL FORCES AND PLANTS: 37
• ABSORPTION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT: 40
• ROOTS OF PLANTS: 42
• WHAT FOOD IS: 50
• THE ORIGIN OF FOOD: 53
• THE CHEMICAL CYCLE OF LIFE: 57
• THE SOIL AS THE SOURCE OF OUR MATERIALS: 65
• THE LEAF AS STARCH FACTORY: 70
• OUR DEPENDENCE UPON LEAVES AND CHLOROPHYL: 73
• STARCHMAKING AND DIGESTION: 78
• DIGESTIVE SYSTEM IN MAN: 81
• HEALTH AND FOOD STANDARDS: 89
• FOOD REQUIREMENTS: 94
• FOOD AND DIETARIES: 105
• FOOD HABITS: 114
• THE SOCIAL SIDE OF THE FOOD PROBLEM: 122
• CHAPTER PAGE XXV STIMULANTS NARCOTICS AND POISONS: 131
• ALCOHOL AND HEALTH: 133
• ALCOHOL AND SOCIETY: 137
• AIR AND LIFE: 143
• BREATHING IN MAN: 148
• VENTILATION: 154
• CONTAMINATED AIR: 158
• FIRST AID AND HYGIEne in Relation TO BREATHING: 169
• TRANSFER OF MATERIALS IN PLANTS: 174
• THE BLOOD: 179
• THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD: 185
• HYGIEne of the CIRCULATORY SYSTEM: 190
• THE BLOOD AS A LIVING TISSUE: 193
• WASTES AND BYPRODUCTS OF ORGANISMS: 201
• HYGIENE OF EXCRETION: 205
• EXCRETION AND FATIGUE: 208
• FATIGUE AND THE WORKER: 213
• NERVES AND THE REACTIONS OF ORGANISMS: 217
• TROPISMS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF SENSE: 224
• EYES AND LIGHT: 229
• HYGIENE OF THE EYES: 235
• SOUND SENSATIONS: 238
• RESPONSES TO GRAVITY: 241
• INSTINCTS: 244
• HABIT: 248
• CHEMICAL INJURY TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: 253
• UNITY OF LIFE: 260
• THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE LII GROWTH AND REGENERATION: 265
• DEVELOPMENT: 274
• CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT: 285
• NEW ORGANISMS: 291
• CHAPTER PAGE LVI SEX: 296
• FLOWERS: 300
• POLLENATION: 304
• ADAPTATIONS OF FLOWERS: 310
• FRUIT AND SEED DISTRIBUTION: 315
• ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS: 320
• REPRODUCTION IN ANIMALS: 327
• INFANCY AND PARENTAL CARE: 331
• ORGANISMS IN THEIR EXTERNAL RELATIONS LXIV OBSTACLES TO LIFE: 337
• THE CONFLICT OF LIFE WITH LIFE: 341
• PROTECTIVE ARMORS OF ORGANISMS: 345
• PROTECTIVE PIGMENTS AND APPEARANCES: 351
• PROTECTIVE MOVEMENTS: 360
• PROTECTIVE ACTIVITIES: 368
• THE FOREST IN RELATION TO MAN: 377
• BACTERIA AND HEALTH: 386
• CONTROL AND USE OF BACTERIA: 394
• INSECTS AS SPREADERS OF DISEASE: 398
• INSECTS AS INTERMEDIATE HOSTS: 404
• INSECTS AND HUMAN WEALTH: 412
• INSECTS AND OTHER ORGANISMS: 417
• BIRDS IN RELATION TO MAN: 425
• SOCIAL LIFE OF ORGANISMS: 430
• HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION LXXIX VARIATION: 437
• HEREDITY: 443
• APPLICATIONS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY: 450
• HEREDITY AND PROTOPLASM: 457
• EVOLUTION: 463
• APPLICATIONS AND THEORIES OF EVOLUTION: 471
• CHAPTER: 475
• KINDS OF ANIMALS: 482
• MAN AND HIS RELATIVES: 490
• INDEX: 504

Bibliographic information

• Title: Elementary Biology: An Introduction to the Science of Life
• Author: Benjamin Charles Gruenberg
• Publisher: Ginn, 1919
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Oct 7, 2008
• Length: 528 pages