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"On Growth and Form" is a brilliant piece of scientific literature written by a true renaissance man. This remarkably varied book describes the wondrous diversity of patterns we see in nature, yet helps us to see the unity in their origins, through detailed explanations of the simple, common rules that govern the development and structure of all living organisms.
Written in 1917, "On Growth and Form" was ahead of its time, and was surely a seminal piece in the development of complexity theory an ...more
Written in 1917, "On Growth and Form" was ahead of its time, and was surely a seminal piece in the development of complexity theory an ...more

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