Library of 19th Century Science:
The Golden Age of Geology
THE FITNESS
OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AN INQUIRY
INTO THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE PROPERTIES OF MATTER
BY
LAWRENCE J. HENDERSON
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
IN HARVARD COLLEGE
IN PART DELIVERED AS LECTURES IN THE
LOWELL INSTITUTE, FEBRUARY, 1913
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1913