ABSTRACT (1) “DAULWEISS'S “Principles of Development” is one of the most complete accounts of experimental morphogenesis to appear in recent years, and certainly deserves a welcome in a

field not too well provided with general texts. It attempts to combine a text-book with a critical discussion of the theoretical principles on which our interpretation of developmental

phenomena is based. The hybrid is a vigorous animal and will give any reader a good run for his money, in spite of the fact that while its main body is galloping rapidly forwards its

intelligence is hampered by a nostalgia for yesterday's metaphysics. (1) Principles of Development A Text in Experimental Embryology. By Paul Weiss. Pp. xx + 601. (New York: Henry Holt

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permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE WADDINGTON, C. (1) Principles of Development (2) Les progrès récents de l'embryologie expérimentale. _Nature_ 145, 952–953 (1940).

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