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Mathematics of life [electronic resource] / Ian Stewart.

by Stewart, Ian, 1945-

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New York : Basic Books, c2011.

Biomathematics -- Popular works.

Biology -- Popular works.

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http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=DB9F6993-ADF5-4D53-BD10-06AC6E265EEF This title is available online; click here to access

9780465024407 (electronic bk.)

0465024408 (electronic bk.)

1 online resource (viii, 358 p.) : ill.

Mathematics and biology -- Creatures small and smaller -- Long list of life -- Florally finding Fibonacci -- The origin of species -- In a monastery garden -- The molecule of life -- The book of life -- Taxonomist, taxonomist, spare that tree -- Virus from the fourth dimension -- Hidden wiring -- Knots and folds -- Spots and stripes -- Lizard games -- Networking opportunities -- The paradox of the plankton -- What is life? -- Is anybody out there? -- The sixth revolution.

Presents an overview of the role mathematics plays in revealing the hidden complexities of the natural world, and explains how mathematicians and biologists now work together on difficult scientific problems such as the origin of life.

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