Subject: Help: Botany & Geometry

From: [email-masked]
Date: 14 Jun 95 07:56:14 PST

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
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Glenn Berntson)
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 13:35:30 -0400

Can you be more specific?  There is a massive literature available on
growth form and morphogenesis in plants which could be viewed as "using
geometry".

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From: [email-masked] (Alwynne Beaudoin)
Date: 15 Jun 1995 00:24:20 GMT

[email-masked] 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
: [email-masked]

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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From: [email-masked] (Murray Brain Calvert)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 13:10:55 GMT

[email-masked] 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