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On growth and form / by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992Edition: Abridged ed. / edited by John Tyler BonnerDescription: xxii,345pISBN:
  • 9780521437769 pbk
  • 9780521437769 pbk
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 574.4
Summary: This work looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. It analyzes biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects and offers classic descriptions of them - for example, the jumping flea, the slipper limpets, and the splash of a pebble in a pool.
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This work looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. It analyzes biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects and offers classic descriptions of them - for example, the jumping flea, the slipper limpets, and the splash of a pebble in a pool.

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