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On Growth and Form Abridged Edition - Hardcover

Thompson, D'Arcy W.

 
9780521066235: On Growth and Form Abridged Edition

Synopsis

, 354 pages, two black and white photographic plates between pages 66 and 67, illustrations and figures throughout , all numbered and named, includes editors introduction,

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Book Description

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. It is now available for a wider readership including a foreword by one of today's great populisers of science.

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