Frontmatter — List of authors — Preface — Contents — I. General Problems of Biological Thermodynamics — Introduction — Application of the Concepts of Classical Thermodynamics in Biology — The Second Law, Negentropy, Thermodynamics of Linear Irreversible Processes — Formalism of Non-Equilibrium Phenomenolagical Thermodynamics — II. Qualitative Phenomenological Theory of the Development of Organisms — Introduction — Experimental Basis for Qualitative Phenomenological Theory of Development — Theoretical Basis for a Qualitative Phenomenological Theory of Development — Stochastic Consideration of Constitutive Processes and of the Evolution Criterion — Strengthened Evolution Criterion in Developmental Biology — III. Quantitative Phenomenological Theory of Development of Organisms — Introduction — Non-Linear Phenomenological Equations — Differential Equations of Developmental Biology — Computer Analysis of Non-Linear Growth Equations — Modern Theories Concerning the Growth Equations — IV. Heat Production of Living Systems — Introduction — Heat Production in Life Processes — The Change of ?? the Function During the Growth of Microbial Cultures — Changes of ?? and ?? Functions During Oogenesis of Xenopus Laevis — Heat Production and Respiration During Development and Growth of two Insects — Heat Production and Respiration of Axolotle at the Early Stages of Growth — Relationship Between Heat Production and Body Weight in Growing Organisms — V. Some Problems of Energetics of Developmental Processes — Introduction — Changes in Mitochondria During Development and Growth of Animals — The Role of Mitochondria in Regulation of Respiration During Oogenesis — The Energetics of Regeneration Processes — VI. Dissipative Structures — Introduction — Review of the Theory of Dissipative Structures — Stationary Dissipative Structures — Dynamic Dissipative Structures — Dissipative Structures and ?? Function — The Role of Cyclization of Free Energy in Bio-Physico-Chemical Processes — VII. Probability State and Orderliness of Biological Systems — Introduction — Possible Mechanism of the Origin of Bacteria — Direction of the Evolutionary Progress of Organisms — Criterion of Orderliness and some Problems of Taxonomy — The Questions of Non-Linearity for Using Criterion of Orderliness — Concluding Remarks — References — Index — Backmatter