Math and Growth

[Innocentx]

Just for fun:

 

"According to Darcy Thompson [2] the appearance of Fibonacci numbers in biology is not due to some mysterious force. It can be accounted for by “the action of forces that lie in the steady production of similar parts, similarly situated, at similar successive intervals of time, and in consequence this gives rise to symmetrical patterns depending on the form of the entire surface.” "

 

http://file.scirp.org/Html/4-8301619_18625.htm

[doushantuo]

I posted the complete D' Arcy Thompson a while back.Might have been the 1948 edition

edit

here it is(1945 edition)(73 MB)

[fossilnut]

Thanks to both of you for posting. Hopefully this will increase my understanding. I incorporate the Fibonacci sequence into a display/talk of fossil/modern cephalopods and participants find it interesting.