In the beat of a heart : life, energy, and the unity of nature / John Whitfield.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2006.Description: vii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0309096812 : HRD
  • 9780309096812
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 570 22
LOC classification:
  • QH501 .W48 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue: "I Have Taken to Mathematics" -- The Slow Fire -- Moving the Line -- Searching for similarity -- Networking -- The Pace of Life -- Seeing the Forest for the Trees -- The Cult of Santa Rosalia -- Humboldt's Gifts -- A Newton of the Grass Blade? -- Epilogue: "The Great Desideratum."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-260) and index.

Prologue: "I Have Taken to Mathematics" -- The Slow Fire -- Moving the Line -- Searching for similarity -- Networking -- The Pace of Life -- Seeing the Forest for the Trees -- The Cult of Santa Rosalia -- Humboldt's Gifts -- A Newton of the Grass Blade? -- Epilogue: "The Great Desideratum."

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