From: abeaudoi@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca (Alwynne Beaudoin) Newsgroups: sci.bio.botany Subject: Re: Help: Botany & Geometry Date: 15 Jun 1995 00:24:20 GMT goldsmig@cgsvax.claremont.edu wrote: : Can someone direct me to literature which analyzes botanical phenomena (such : as growth, shape, etc. in plants) in terms of their geometry? I'm looking : for the geometric understanding of the phenomena. Thanks very much in advance. : Please send replies to the e-mail address below. : George Goldsmith : goldsmith@mdaw.mdc.com George: You might want to look at: Henry S. Horn (1971) The Adaptive Geometry of Trees. Princeton University Press. 144 pp. I read this about 15 years ago and remember it as a fine monograph. Hope this helps, Alwynne -- Alwynne B. Beaudoin PhD | My opinions do not Palaeoenvironmentalist, Archaeological Survey | represent my Provincial Museum of Alberta, 12845-102nd Ave | employers Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 0M6, Canada | abeaudoi@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca | ============================================================================== Newsgroups: sci.bio.botany From: mcalvert@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Murray Brain Calvert) Subject: Re: Help: Botany & Geometry Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 13:10:55 GMT goldsmig@cgsvax.claremont.edu wrote: : Can someone direct me to literature which analyzes botanical phenomena (such : as growth, shape, etc. in plants) in terms of their geometry? I'm looking : for the geometric understanding of the phenomena. Thanks very much in advance. I'm currently reading a beautiful (but rather technical) book: "The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants" by P. Prusinkiewicz & A. Lindenmayer, published by Springer Verlag. Lots of good computer graphics simulating branching processes, inflorescences, daisy & pineapple spirals, fern leaves. Brian Calvert