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On Growth and Form

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson info

First published 1917

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About this book

Mathematics and physics shaping living form.

The author

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

1860–1948 · Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar

  • Fellow of the Royal Society
Profession
Biologist, Mathematician, Professor
Worked at
University of Dundee, University of St Andrews
Studied at
Cambridge, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Academy
Prizes
Linnean Medal (1938), Darwin Medal (1946), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1885), Fellow of the Royal Society (1916), Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1942)

On Growth and Form is admired by artists and architects as much as biologists.

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Editions

24 editions

First published 1917

Earliest edition listed: 1917 · University press

  • 1917 · University press
  • 1917 · Cambridge University Press
  • 1942 · The University Press · A new ed.
  • 1942 · a new ed.
  • 1942 · Cambridge University Press · 2nd ed.
  • 1945 · University Press · New ed.
  • 1948 · The University Press · A new ed.
  • 1952 · University Press · 2d ed., reprinted.
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  • 1959 · Cambridge University Press · 2nd ed.
  • 1961 · University Press · An abridged ed., edited by John Tyler Bonner.
  • 1961 · University Press · Abridged ed.
  • 1961 · Cambridge University P · Abridged ed, edited by John Tyler Bonner.
  • 1961
  • 1961 · Cambridge University Press · Abridged ed / edited by John Tyler Bonner.
  • 1963 · University Press · 2d ed. 2d ed., repr.
  • 1966 · Cambridge University Press · An abridged ed./ edited by John Tyler Bonner. -- · ISBN 9780521093903
  • 1966 · Cambridge University Press · Abridged ed.
  • 1968 · University Press · 2d ed., reprinted.
  • 1969 · Cambridge University Press · An abridged ed. / edited by John Tyler Bonner. · ISBN 9780521066235
  • 1972 · University Press · 2nd ed., reprinted. --
  • 1984 · Cambridge University Press · Abridged ed. / edited by John Tyler Bonner. · ISBN 9780521066235
  • 1986 · Cambridge University Press · Abridged ed. / edited by John Tyler Bonner. · ISBN 9780521093903
  • 1992 · Dover · ISBN 9780486671352
  • 1992 · Cambridge University Press · An abbridged ed. / edited by John Tyler Bonner. · ISBN 9780521437769

The list may be incomplete, especially for older and non-English editions.

Subjects

BiologyMathematics