MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521437768
ISBN-139780521437769
eBay Product ID (ePID)1027816
Product Key Features
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOn Growth and Form
Publication Year1992
SubjectLife Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Life Sciences / Developmental Biology
TypeTextbook
AuthorD'arcy Wentworth Thompson
Subject AreaScience
SeriesCanto Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight15.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal571.8
Table Of ContentIntroduction John Tyler Bonner VII; 1. Introductory; 2. On magnitude; 3. The forms of cells; 4. The forms of tissues, of cell-aggregates; 5. On spicules and spicular skeletons; 6. The equiangular spiral; 7. The shapes of horns and of teeth or tusks; 8. On form and mechanical efficiency; 9. On the theory of transformations, or the comparison of related forms; 10. Epilogue; Index.
Edition DescriptionAbridged edition
SynopsisD'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., 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. D'Arcy Thompson's writing, hailed as 'good literature as well as good science; a discourse on science as though it were a humanity', is now made available for a wider readership, with a foreword by one of today's great populisers of science, explaining the importance of the work for a new generation of readers.
LC Classification NumberQH351 1961
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