On Growth and Form
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SynopsisD’Arcy Thompson’s classic 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.
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Murray Grigor's story
I was a puzzled science student in the early Sixties, because I was also interested in the arts, so D’Arcy Thompson’s On Growth and Form grabbed me by both lapels. Here was a book that explored th...
