Editing On Growth and Form (section)

==Editions==

The first edition appeared in 1917 in a single volume of 793 pages published by Cambridge University Press.  A second edition, enlarged to 1116 pages, was published in two volumes in 1942. Thompson wrote in the preface to the 1942 edition that he had written "this book in wartime, and its revision has employed me during another war. It gave me solace and occupation, when service was debarred me by my years. Few are left of the friends who helped me write it." An edition of 346 pages was abridged<!--the changes are indicated in the next section--> by [[John Tyler Bonner]], and is widely published under the same title.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ulett |first1=Mark A. |title=On Growth and Form, by Sir D'Arcy Thompson |url=http://embryo.asu.edu/pages/growth-and-form-sir-darcy-thompson |website=The Embryo Project Encyclopedia | publisher=Arizona State University |access-date=13 November 2014 |date=25 September 2013}}</ref> The book, often in the abridged edition, has been reprinted more than 40 times,<ref name=WorldCat/> and has been translated into Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Spanish.<ref name=WorldCat>{{cite book | title=All editions for 'On Growth and Form'| publisher=Worldcat | oclc=1610840}}</ref>