Pub Date: October 30, 2010
Dewey: 571.833
LCCN: 2010936323
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.90" H x 9.20" L x 6.10" W ( 1.41 lbs) 346 pages
BISAC Categories:
Science | Physics | Crystallography | Political Science | Public Policy | City Planning and Urban Development | Life Sciences | Biological Diversity | Technology and Engineering | Industrial Design | General | Engineering General | Superconductors and Superconductivity | Biophysics | System Theory | Materials Science | Electronic Materials
Description:
This collective book written for the non-specialist addresses the fundamental issue of the emergence of forms and patterns in physical and living systems. Relying on the seminal works of D'Arcy Thompson, Alan Turing and René Thom, it confronts major examples.