Mathematics of life
Book 2510/Completed: 8/25/2011
Author: | Stewart, Ian, 1945- | Published: | New York, NY : Basic Books, c2011. | Description: | viii, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | Local Call No: | QH323.5 .S742 2011 | Dewey No.: | 570.1/51 22 | ISBN: | 9780465022380 | | 9780465024407 (e-book) | | 0465022383 | | 0465024408 (e-book) | Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-334) and index. | | 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. | Subjects: | Biomathematics -- Popular works. | | Biology -- Popular works. |
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