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On Growth and Form

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Form
Form Non-fiction
Year
Year 1917
Pages
Pages 350

Drop a bead of ink into water: it hangs, trails filaments, and for a moment it is the shape of a jellyfish. D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson noticed, and never stopped noticing.

The form of an object is a diagram of forces.
On Growth and Form, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

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