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Mathematics of life [electronic resource] / Ian Stewart.
Presents an overview of the role mathematics plays in revealing the hidden complexities of the natural world, and explains how mathematicians and biologists now work together on difficult scientific problems such as the origin of life.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465024407 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0465024408 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 358 p.) : ill.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. CatBulkString:sept.20.12 "Published in Great Britain by Profile Books"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-334) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology Biology > Popular works. NATURE / Reference Biomathematics > Popular works. Biomathematics. Biology. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
