Science-History of the Universe, Vol. 5 of 10

Excerpt from The Science-History of the Universe, Vol. 5 of 10: Biology Life, that strange, mysterious, unknown something which żies through the viewless air, żashes through the ocean's depths, blushes in the petals of a rose and mani fests itself in a thousand marvelous forms - can science grasp, define or explain it? Death, that wondrous change which sooner or later stills the activities of all forms of life and returns them to the realm of the lifeless - what is its nature? Why is it necessary? Can science understand or control it? These inquiries and others like them which have troubled the human mind in all ages are the fundamental problems of the science of life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.