Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 345 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Edition:
An abridge edition, Canto Classics edition
ISBN:
9781107589070
Series Statement:
Canto classics
Uniform Title:
On growth and form Abridgement
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107672567
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107672567
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth, 1860 - 1948 On growth and form Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014 ISBN 9781107672567
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107672562
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9781107672567
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
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Biology
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Philosophy
Keywords:
Cytologie
;
Form
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Zellwachstum
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107589070
URL:
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Author information:
Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth 1860-1948
Author information:
Bonner, John Tyler 1920-2019