Life's Other Secret: The New Mathematics of the Living World: The New Mathematics of the Living World

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Illustrated
1999
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Is there an underlying set of principles that connects the pattern of a tiger's stripes with the design of a butterfly's wings? Are there hidden laws of life that lie deeper than DNA? According to award-winning science writer Ian Stewart, the answer is yes, and the hidden rules are called mathematics. In Life's Other Secret

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Is there an underlying set of principles that connects the pattern of a tiger's stripes with the design of a butterfly's wings? Are there hidden laws of life that lie deeper than DNA? According to award-winning science writer Ian Stewart, the answer is yes, and the hidden rules are called mathematics. In Life's Other Secret

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 308
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 13 Jan 1999
ISBN 10: 0471296511
ISBN 13: 9780471296515

Author Bio

IAN STEWART, Ph.D., has written or coauthored numerous books, including Does God Play Dice?, Fearful Symmetry, Collapse of Chaos, and Nature's Numbers. In addition, he writes the MathematicalRecreations column in Scientific American, serves as mathematicsconsultant to New Scientist, and is a regular contributor toDiscover and The Sciences. In 1995 Dr. Stewart received the RoyalSociety of England's Michael Faraday Medal for outstandingcontributions to the public understanding of science.