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Do plants know math?: unwinding the story of plant spirals, from Leonardo da Vinci to now
Do plants know math?: unwinding the story of plant spirals, from Leonardo da Vinci to now
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Douday, Stéphane
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Introduction
Part I. Who noticed first?
Part II. Could early scientists explain plant spirals?
Part III. What did the microscope reveal
Part IV. Have computers shed any light?
Part V. What do biologists think?
Part VI. Conclusion.
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Biologists
Biologists -- History
Creative nonfiction
Environmental aspects
Fibonacci numbers
Geometry in nature
History
Mathematics in nature
Pattern formation (Biology)
Plant pattern formation
Spirals
Spirals -- Environmental aspects
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Dumais, Jacques
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Golé, Christophe
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Pick, Nancy
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Princeton University Press
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9780691158655
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