# The Organism as a Whole, from a Physicochemical Viewpoint

Author: Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924

Genre: Category: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45962

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## Summary

1. The physical researches of the last ten years have put the atomistic theory of matter and electricity on a definite and in all probability permanent basis. We know the exact number of molecules in a given mass of any substance whose molecular weight is known to us, and we know the exact charge of a single electron. This permits us to state as the ultimate aim of the physical sciences the visualization of all phenomena in terms of groupings and displacements of ultimate particles, and since there is no discontinuity between the matter constituting the living and non-living world the goal of biology can be expressed in the same way.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter III) will also induce membrane formation, and that the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/17/index.md)
- [v. Körösy, 300](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter IV), in others they are formed successively, very often the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/15/index.md)
- [v. Uexküll supposes as did Claude Bernard and as does Driesch](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/6/index.md)
- [v. Dungern, 80](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-organism-as-a-whole-from-a-physicochemical-viewpoint-45962/chapters/3/index.md)