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

ISBN

9780471158455

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$24.95

Author	Stewart, Ian
Format	Trade Cloth
Details	Dimensions:9.6" x 6.3" x 1.2" Status:Out of Print Product Type:Individual Title Product Format:Books Copyright Year:1997 Number of Pages:304 Illustrated:Yes Media Class:Print Carton Qty:30 LC Classification Number:QH323.5.S74 1998

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