Mathematics of life:
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Main Author: Stewart, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Basic Books c2011
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Item Description:"Published in Great Britain by Profile Books"--T.p. verso
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
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 358 p.)
ISBN:0465024408
9780465024407

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