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" The curves of life : "
by Theodore Andrea Cook.
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BL
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| Record Number
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706578
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b528767
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| Main Entry
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Cook, Theodore Andrea,1867-1928.
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| Title & Author
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The curves of life : : being an account of spiral formations and their application to growth in nature, to science, and to art : with special reference to the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci /\ by Theodore Andrea Cook.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Dover Publications,, 1979.
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xxx, 479 p. :: ill. ;; 22 cm.
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048623701X
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: 9780486237015
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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1. Introductory : the spiral -- 2. Mathematical definitions -- 3. Upright spirals in shells -- 4. Flat spirals in shells -- 5. Botany : the meaning of spiral leaf arrangements -- 6. Special phenomena in connection with spiral phyllotaxis -- 7. Right-hand and left-hand spiral growth effects in plants -- 8. Right-hand and left-hand spiral growth effects in plants, continued : dead tissues and spinning seeds -- 9. Right-hand and left-hand spiral growth effects in plants, continued : some special cases -- 10. Right-hand and left-hand spirals in shells -- 11. Climbing plants -- 12. The spirals of horns -- 13. Spiral formations in the human body -- 14. Right and left-handed men -- 15. Artificial and conventional spirals -- 16. The development of the spiral staircase -- 17. Spirals in nature and art -- 18. The open staircase of Blois -- 19. Some principles of growth and beauty -- 20. Final results -- Appendix. I. Nature and mathematics ; II. The [phi] progression / by William Schooling ; III. Infinite series and the theory of grouping ; IV. Origins of a symbol ; V. The spiral in pavement-toothed sharks and rays / by R. Lydekker ; The spiral in bivalve shells / by R. Lydekker ; The shell of Tranvancore ; The growth of shells ; The [phi] progression in art and anatomy.
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Growth.
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Morphology.
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Spirals in art.
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Spirals.
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QH351.C66 1979
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