D'Arcy Thompson's legacy in contemporary studies of patterns and morphology

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Authors

Hyde, Stephen

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Maney Publishing

Abstract

D'Arcy Thompson's views on the forms of biomaterials are assessed in the light of current thinking on biomorphology in selected areas of biology. It is clear that his guiding concepts - that biological materials are structured in response to physical forc

Keywords

Keywords: Biological form; Biological science; Common features; Liquid crystalline materials; Mathematical science; Patterns; Physical force; Thompson; Biological materials; Liquid crystals; Molecular biology; Quantum theory; Morphology Biological form; D'Arcy Thompson; Liquid crystals; Molecular biology; Morphology; Patterns

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72933

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1179/0308018813Z.00000000030

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2037-12-31

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