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When math shapes bodies

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    CQFD
  • 17 March 2015
  • Christian Mazza
    • Sciences et de médecine, UNIFR
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What does mathematics have to do with the distribution of spots on a leopard's coat? We take a look at morphogenesis, the science that studies the mechanisms responsible for the emergence of forms in biology.

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