being an account of spiral formations and their application to growth in nature, to science, and to art : with special reference to the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Theodore Andrea Cook.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Dover Publications,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1979.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxx, 479 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Includes index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Introductory : the spiral -- 2. Mathematical definitions -- 3. Upright spirals in shells -- 4. Flat spirals in shells -- 5. Botany : the meaning of spiral leaf arrangements -- 6. Special phenomena in connection with spiral phyllotaxis -- 7. Right-hand and left-hand spiral growth effects in plants -- 8. Right-hand and left-hand spiral growth effects in plants, continued : dead tissues and spinning seeds -- 9. Right-hand and left-hand spiral growth effects in plants, continued : some special cases -- 10. Right-hand and left-hand spirals in shells -- 11. Climbing plants -- 12. The spirals of horns -- 13. Spiral formations in the human body -- 14. Right and left-handed men -- 15. Artificial and conventional spirals -- 16. The development of the spiral staircase -- 17. Spirals in nature and art -- 18. The open staircase of Blois -- 19. Some principles of growth and beauty -- 20. Final results -- Appendix. I. Nature and mathematics ; II. The [phi] progression / by William Schooling ; III. Infinite series and the theory of grouping ; IV. Origins of a symbol ; V. The spiral in pavement-toothed sharks and rays / by R. Lydekker ; The spiral in bivalve shells / by R. Lydekker ; The shell of Tranvancore ; The growth of shells ; The [phi] progression in art and anatomy.