On Growth and Form
John Harrison
- Regions:
- Surrey, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Subject enthusiast, experienced speaker
- Fee:
- Unknown: Depends on the group
- Category:
- Science
- Updated:
- 14th October 2022
- Tagged:
- Nature | Mathematics | Growth
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's book 'On Growth and Form' was once described as "the greatest work of prose in 20th-century science". It was a landmark in its day and continues to inspire biologists and mathematicians. D'Arcy Thompson was a polymath eminently qualified in zoology, maths, physics and classical languages. The book is a treatise on his research into the mathematical principles that underlie nature. In the talk I give a flavour of his fascinating explanations for why natural things appear as they do. See: jaharrison.me.uk/Talks/#GrowthForm
Views: 434 | Enquiries: 0About John Harrison
My career was half as a Chartered Engineer and half as a chartered Ergonomics & Human Factors Consultant. My talks draw partly on that but more on my many other interests including: photography, fell walking, bell ringing, railways, bricks, human perception, maths ,... I have given around 250 talks to 100+ different groups. I'm based in Wokingham, Berkshire so limited to the surrounding area for in-person events (but online can be anywhere). Details of my talks are on my website at: jaharrison.me.uk/Talks
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by John Harrison
- Living Heritage
- English-style bells and bellringing
- The Settle to Carlisle railway
- Bricks and Brickwork
- Iceland - land of ice and fire
- The Pennine Way
- I'll Take the High Road
- More than meets the eye
- The Human Factor
- Footpaths - an endangered species
- An evolving garden
- The music of bellringing
- The maths of bellringing
- The Technology of Bellringing
- The maths of sea waves
- The evolution of electronic displays
- Wheels within wheels
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