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unlocking the secrets of existence

Ian Stewart

New York, NY : Basic Books

c2011

viii, 358 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index , 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

QH

323.5

.S742

2011