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1 Online-Ressource (xx, 345 Seiten)
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Ausgabe:
An abridge edition, Canto Classics edition
ISBN:
9781107589070
Serie:
Canto classics
Originaltitel:
On growth and form Abridgement
Inhalt:
Why do living things and physical phenomena take the form they do? D'Arcy Thompson's classic On Growth and Form looks at the way things grow and the shapes they take. Analysing biological processes in their mathematical and physical aspects, this historic work, first published in 1917, has also become renowned for the sheer poetry of its descriptions. A great scientist sensitive to the fascinations and beauty of the natural world tells of jumping fleas and slipper limpets; of buds and seeds; of bees' cells and rain drops; of the potter's thumb and the spider's web; of a film of soap and a bubble of oil; of a splash of a pebble in a pond.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107672567
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ISBN 9781107672567
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860 - 1948 On growth and form Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014 ISBN 9781107672567
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ISBN 1107672562
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Print version ISBN 9781107672567
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Technik
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Biologie
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Philosophie
Schlagwort(e):
Cytologie
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Form
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Zellwachstum
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107589070
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Mehr zum Autor:
Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth 1860-1948
Mehr zum Autor:
Bonner, John Tyler 1920-2019
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