An Introduction to BiophysicsJ. & A. Churchill, 1921 - 435 Seiten |
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... living matter may be explained in terms of ordinary physical processes , and it thus shows the reduction which is taking place in the number of phenomena which some are still content to explain as due to a mysterious vital action ...
... living matter may be explained in terms of ordinary physical processes , and it thus shows the reduction which is taking place in the number of phenomena which some are still content to explain as due to a mysterious vital action ...
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... living things . It is neces- sary at the outset to have a clear understanding of what is meant by a natural law , or principle of nature . A law in science is a different concept from a law in philology or in juris- prudence . Repeated ...
... living things . It is neces- sary at the outset to have a clear understanding of what is meant by a natural law , or principle of nature . A law in science is a different concept from a law in philology or in juris- prudence . Repeated ...
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... living matter . Biochemists have attempted to break down the wall of partition which has been reared by common consent between the chemical constitution of living and non - living . They have been partially successful in that they have ...
... living matter . Biochemists have attempted to break down the wall of partition which has been reared by common consent between the chemical constitution of living and non - living . They have been partially successful in that they have ...
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... living matter , and then see how it operates in living matter . Energy is the underlying cause of all changes in matter . This does not seem a very satisfactory definition but , so far , it is the only one possible . It is a very ...
... living matter , and then see how it operates in living matter . Energy is the underlying cause of all changes in matter . This does not seem a very satisfactory definition but , so far , it is the only one possible . It is a very ...
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... living and non - living . One may take a step further and qualify the law by stating that the nature of the change induced by an alteration in any factor which influences the system will depend on what will , in the circumstances , give ...
... living and non - living . One may take a step further and qualify the law by stating that the nature of the change induced by an alteration in any factor which influences the system will depend on what will , in the circumstances , give ...
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A. V. Hill absorbed absorption acid action adsorption alkali alterations amount animal arterial basilar membrane blood body bone calcium capillary carbohydrate carbon cartilage cause cell cent changes Chap chemical CHEMISTRY chloride CO₂ collodion colloidal colour concentration constant contraction corpuscles crystalloids decrease dialysing diffusion dispersed dissociation effect efficiency elastic electrical electrolytes emulsion emulsoid endosmosis enzyme fibres fluid force gland glass glucose gram growth haemoglobin heat hydrated hydrogen ion increase kinetic lactic acid layer light liquid litre lungs maltose material mechanism membrane mercury metres molecules movement muscle muscular negative nerve nitrogen normal organism osmotic pressure oxygen particles pass permeability phase physical physiological plasma polarisation positive Postage 9d potassium potential energy produced protein rays reaction result salts secretion soap sodium sodium chloride solution stapes stimulation substance surface tension suspensoids TABLE temperature tissue tube velocity ventricle vibrations viscosity volume wall
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 354 - Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleas'd with a rattle, tickled with a straw : Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite : Scarfs, garters, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and prayer-books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still, as that before, Till tir'd he sleeps, and life's poor play is o'er.
Seite 117 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead ! Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony. This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass...
Seite 103 - When a ray of light passes from one medium to another, it is refracted so that the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of the velocities in the two media.
Seite 38 - Avogadro's law states that equal volumes of all gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules...
Seite 340 - The scientists of his day held that heat is an imponderable fluid, caloric, which flows from a body at a higher temperature to one at a lower, much as water flows from a place of higher to a place of lower level.