Animal Forms and Patterns
Author : Adolf Portmann
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Adolf Portmann
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Betsy Franco
Publisher : Margaret K. McElderry Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 2008-08-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416903864
Come explore the hidden shapes and patterns in nature. The peacock's flashy tail is a masterpiece of color and shape. A buzzing beehive is built of tiny hexagons. Even a snake's skin is patterned with diamonds. Poet Betsy Franco and Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins bring geometry to life in this lively, lyrical look at the shapes and patterns that can be found in the most unexpected places.
Author : Philip Ball
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 40,93 MB
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 019960486X
"Ball takes us on an inspiring journey into the depths of nature, encompassing all the sciences, in which we discover that broad and elegant principles underpin the formation of the countless beautiful patterns around us."--Inside jacket.
Author : Rudolf A. Raff
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 43,5 MB
Release : 2012-12-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 022625657X
Rudolf Raff is recognized as a pioneer in evolutionary developmental biology. In their 1983 book, Embryos, Genes, and Evolution, Raff and co-author Thomas Kaufman proposed a synthesis of developmental and evolutionary biology. In The Shape of Life, Raff analyzes the rise of this new experimental discipline and lays out new research questions, hypotheses, and approaches to guide its development. Raff uses the evolution of animal body plans to exemplify the interplay between developmental mechanisms and evolutionary patterns. Animal body plans emerged half a billion years ago. Evolution within these body plans during this span of time has resulted in the tremendous diversity of living animal forms. Raff argues for an integrated approach to the study of the intertwined roles of development and evolution involving phylogenetic, comparative, and functional biology. This new synthesis will interest not only scientists working in these areas, but also paleontologists, zoologists, morphologists, molecular biologists, and geneticists.
Author : Paul Bourgine
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 32,29 MB
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3642131743
What are the relations between the shape of a system of cities and that of fish school? Which events should happen in a cell in order that it participates to one of the finger of our hands? How to interpret the shape of a sand dune? This collective book written for the non-specialist addresses these questions and more generally, the fundamental issue of the emergence of forms and patterns in physical and living systems. It is a single book gathering the different aspects of morphogenesis and approaches developed in different disciplines on shape and pattern formation. Relying on the seminal works of D’Arcy Thompson, Alan Turing and René Thom, it confronts major examples like plant growth and shape, intra-cellular organization, evolution of living forms or motifs generated by crystals. A book essential to understand universal principles at work in the shapes and patterns surrounding us but also to avoid spurious analogies.
Author : Sean B. Carroll
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 38,77 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393060164
As described in this fascinating book, Evo Devo is evolutionary development biology, the third revolution in the science, which shows how the endless forms of animals--butterflies and zebras, trilobites and dinosaurs, apes and humans--were made and evolved.
Author : Jana Sedlackova
Publisher : Albatros Media
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 36,28 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9788000061252
Author : Kerry Lord
Publisher : David & Charles
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 26,96 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1446367436
Create a suave high-flying rhino, a lovesick elephant who knows her way around a kitchen, and a seriously chivalrous tiger . . . With just two weeks to go before her baby Edward’s due date, yarn enthusiast Kerry Lord picked up a crochet hook for the first time, and a new obsession began. Over the next twelve months, the collection of crochet animals expanded week by week until Edward’s Menagerie was complete—with forty unique patterns. These cute animals with larger-than-life personalities are made using simple crochet techniques, and the step-by-step instructions enable a complete beginner to get hooking straight away. Each animal also has a universal pattern, allowing crocheters to change their hooks and yarns to create four different sizes, making for 160 different possibilities. Be warned—these unlikely characters, made using a super-soft yarn in a sumptuous natural color palette, will become your new best friends as you hook your way through the whole menagerie!
Author : Samantha Fowler
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,90 MB
Release : 2023-05-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781739015503
Black & white print. Concepts of Biology is designed for the typical introductory biology course for nonmajors, covering standard scope and sequence requirements. The text includes interesting applications and conveys the major themes of biology, with content that is meaningful and easy to understand. The book is designed to demonstrate biology concepts and to promote scientific literacy.
Author : James Gleick
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0759521182
With 102 spectacular full-color photos, this fascinating "field guide" explores the world's natural disorder.