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Essays on Growth and Form presented to D'arcy Wentworth Thompson, 1947
Essays on Growth and Form presented to D'arcy Wentworth Thompson, 1947
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Explore this vintage book celebrating the ground breaking contributions of D'arcy Thompson to biology and the natural sciences. A significant historical work for those interested in the evolution of scientific ideas.
- Title - Essays on Growth and Form presented to D'arcy Wentworth Thompson
- Author - Edited by W. E. LE Gros Clark & P. B Medawar
- Publication Date - 1947
- Publisher and Place - At the Clarendon Press, Oxford
- Pages - 408
- Height of book - 22.5cm
- Format - Hardback
- Condition - No dust jacket. Royal blue boards are in good condition with gilt title on spine and mild wear to corners. Previous owners signature on inside of front board. Tanning and foxing to front and rear page, and page edges but the rest remain clean. Portrait frontispiece, 12 black and white plates and a number of text figures.
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