Professor Jędrzej Sniadecki (1768-1838) was certainly one of the very first scientists in the world to speak about the chemistry of life and life sciences in terms of both scientific research and philosophical debate. Ahead of his time, he could have possibly witnessed the very birth of modern biochemistry and stood at the cradle of the contemporary biotechnology.
The volume in your hands is English translation of the "Theory of Organic Beings" published in 1838, which, for the first time, we can read and enjoy in English.