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Mathematics of life / Ian Stewart.
Van Pelt Library QH323.5 .S742 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stewart, Ian, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biomathematics--Popular works.
- Biomathematics.
- Biology--Popular works.
- Biology.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2011]
- Summary:
- Presents an overview of the role mathematics plays in revealing the hidden complexities of the natural world, and explains how mathematicians and biologists now work together on difficult scientific problems such as the origin of life.
- Contents:
- Mathematics and biology
- Creatures small and smaller
- Long list of life
- Florally finding Fibonacci
- The origin of species
- In a monastery garden
- The molecule of life
- The book of life
- Taxonomist, taxonomist, spare that tree
- Virus from the fourth dimension
- Hidden wiring
- Knots and folds
- Spots and stripes
- Lizard games
- Networking opportunities
- The paradox of the plankton
- What is life?
- Is anybody out there?
- The sixth revolution.
- Notes:
- "Published in Great Britain by Profile Books"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [320]-334) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465022380
- 0465022383
- OCLC:
- 670481599
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