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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