Mathematics of life /
Ian Stewart.
- New York, NY : Basic Books, c2011.
- viii, 358 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mathematics and biology -- Creatures small and smaller -- Long list of life -- Florally finding Fibonacci -- The origin of species -- In a monastery garden -- The molecule of life -- The book of life -- Taxonomist, taxonomist, spare that tree -- Virus from the Fourth Dimension -- Hidden wiring -- Knots and folds -- Spots and stripes -- Lizard games -- Networking opportunities -- The paradox of the plankton -- What is life? -- Is anybody out there? -- The Sixth Revolution.