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Mathematics of life / Ian Stewart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stewart, Ian, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biomathematics--Popular works.
- Biomathematics.
- Biology--Popular works.
- Biology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (367 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Profile Books, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A wonderful and engaging introduction to the role of mathematics in life sciences, from cellular organization to the behavior and evolution of entire organisms.
- 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:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-283-09421-5
- 9786613094216
- 0-465-02440-8
- OCLC:
- 726829382
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