Life's other secret : the new mathematics of the living world
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Life's other secret : the new mathematics of the living world
Wiley, c1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-270) and index
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"Stewart writes with such compelling clarity that general readerscan share in the intellectual daring of hisperspective."--Booklist An invitation to a hidden world InLife's Other Secret, mathematician and award-winning sciencewriter Ian Stewart reveals the way mathematics describes theorigin, structure, and evolution of life. Featuring a sumptuousgallery of color illustrations demonstrating nature'sintricate wonders, here is an intriguing invitation to enter aworld deeper than DNA, a world where number series bloom inspringtime and equations gallop across the plains. From the latesttheory of how life started to the rules governing the shapes intowhich animals grow to the ancient patterns of evolution, Stewartilluminates the fundamental forces that shape our world.
by "Nielsen BookData"