The Curves of Life: Being an Account of Spiral Formations and Their Application to Growth in Nature, to Science, and to Art : with Special Reference to the Manuscripts of Leonardo Da VinciCourier Corporation, 01.02.1979 - 479 Seiten The open-ended curve of the spiral gives a sensation of continuous motion ? of life, in fact. In The Curves of Life, Sir Theodore A. Cook (1867?1928), English author and editor, finds that the spiral or helix may lie at the core of life's first principle ? that of growth. The spiral is fundamental to the structure of plants, shells, and the human body; to the periodicity of atomic elements and to an animal's horns; to microscopic DNA (the double helix) and to the Andromeda nebula. |
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 1 |
MATHEMATICAL DEFINITIONS | 23 |
CHAPTER III | 41 |
CHAPTER IV | 57 |
CHAPTER V | 81 |
CLIMBING PLANTS | 170 |
Pairs of HornsOddtoed and Eventoed Hoofed AnimalsThe | 190 |
CHAPTER XIII | 220 |
CHAPTER XIV | 239 |
CHAPTER XV | 266 |
CHAPTER XVI | 296 |
SPIRALS IN NATURE AND | 315 |
APPENDIX | 408 |
p | 457 |
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