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

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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