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Life's Other Secret: New Mathematics of the Living World by Ian Stewart (Hardbac
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “like new”
- Topic
- Mathematics
- Region
- World
- ISBN
- 9780713991611
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Until the middle of this century, it was completely unclear whether life had any kind of inorganic basis. The discovery of the first secret of life, the molecular structure of DNA, solved that particular riddle. But some secrets lie deeper than the genetic code. There is the rich texture of the physical universe, its deep laws, its patterns, forms, structures, processes and systems. At this level it is the mathematical laws of physics and chemistry that control the growing organism's response to its genetic instructions. Life is a partnership between genes and mathematics. In this book, Ian Stewart presents an account of life's other secret nature's mathematics. Taking the visionary work of the zoologist D'Arcy Thompson as an inspiration, Stewart reveals a series of dazzling mathematical patterns in the organic world: the spiralling geometry of a sea shell, the artful ripples of angelfish scales, the strange symmetries of viruses and the complex symmetry in the seed head of a sunflower. Stewart describes how complexity theory may help explain the origin and evolution of life. He explores the hidden mathematical order in flocks of birds and crowds of people, and goes on to show how the very nerve cells that relay the perception of these natural phenomena to the brain embody mathematical models.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Books LTD
ISBN-13
9780713991611
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88700411
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Publication Name
Life's Other Secret: New Mathematics of the Living World
Language
English
Subject
Science
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Series
Allen Lane Science S.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
242 mm
Item Weight
679 g
Item Width
163 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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