Excerpt from The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 3 Third, is there a continuation of the same physico-chemical laws Yes, so far as we Observe, the process is still evolutionary rather than creative, because all these new characters and forms invariably arise out of new combinations of preexisting matter and appear to broadly conform to the laws of thermodynamics, and especially to Newton's third law. According to the interpretation by Pupin of this third law of Newton, action and reaction refer to what is going on be tween material parts in actual contact, whereas interaction refers to what is going on between two material parts which are connected with each other by other parts. Action and reaction are simultaneous, whereas interaction refers to an action and reaction which are not simul tensons. For example, when one pulls at a line the horse feels it a little later than the moment at which the line is pulled; there is interaction between the hand and the horse's mouth, the line being the interconnect ing part. In this lecture I shall attempt to show that since in their simple forms living processes are known to be physico-chemical and are more or less clearly interpretable in terms of action, reaction and interaction, we are compelled to believe that complex forms will also prove to be interpretable in the same terms. 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.