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The Animate and The Inanimate PDF
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THE ANIMATE
AND THE INANIMATE
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BOSTON
RICHARD G. BADGER
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T H E G O R H A M P R E S S , B O S T O N , M A S S ., U . S .
A.
PREFACE
II REVERSIBLE LAWS 14
III IRREVERSIBILITY 17
IV THE PARADOX 22
INDEX 139
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REVERSIBLE LAWS
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IRREVERSIBILITY
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THE PARADOX
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THEORIES OF LIFE
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AS A MAJORITY TENDENCY
19. Tends to include 19. Tends to include
exothermic compounds. exothermic compounds.
20. Ordinary lifeless
20. Inorganic life.
objects.
AS A MINORITY TENDENCY
21. Tends to include 21. Tends to include
complex endothermic complex endothermic
compounds. compounds.
22. Pseudo-living
22. Living organisms.
organisms.
23. Metabolism. 23. Metabolism.
SOME OBJECTIONS
TO THE REVERSIBILITY THEORY
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CONCLUSION
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water, 66, 95
zero, 114;
absolute, 20, 28, 29