RecordNumber
2107
Author
Adler, Irving
Title
Solving the riddle of phyllotaxis: why the fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio occur on plants
Author Statement
Irving Adler ; foreword by Stephen L. Adler ; diagrams by Peggy Adler.
Publication
World Scientific
Publication Year
c2012
Collation
ix, 205 p.: ill. 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references , A model of contact pressure in phyllotaxis - A model of space filling in phyllotaxis - The consequences of contact pressure in phyllotaxis - An application of the contact pressure model of phyllotaxis to the close packing of spheres around a cylinder in biological fine structure - The role of continued fractions in phyllotaxis - The role of mathematics in phyllotaxis - Generating phyllotaxis patterns on a cylindrical point lattice
Subject
Phyllotaxis - Mathematical models , Plant morphogenesis - Mathematical models
ADDED ENTRIES
Adler, Stephen , Adler, Peggy ,
LC Class
QK
LC Number
649
LC CutterNumber
.A35S6
LC Date
2012