The Geometrical Beauty of Plants

By: Johan Gielis(Author)

229 pages, 98 colour photos and colour illustrations, 16 b/w illustrations, tables

Publisher: Atlantis Press

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ISBN: 9789462391505 Hardback Jun 2017 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks
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The Geometrical Beauty of Plants focuses on the origin of the Gielis curves, surfaces and transformations in the plant sciences. It is shown how these transformations, as a generalization of the Pythagorean Theorem, play an essential role in plant morphology and development. New insights show how plants can be understood as developing mathematical equations, which opens the possibility of directly solving analytically any boundary value problems (stress, diffusion, vibration...) . The Geometrical Beauty of Plants illustrates how form, development and evolution of plants unveil as a musical symphony. The reader will gain insight in how the methods are applicable in many divers scientific and technological fields.