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THE CHEMICAL BASIS OF MORPHOGENESIS

by Turing, Alan

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14 August 1952 . first edition. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society of London, Series B. Biological Sciences, no. 641. vol 137. large 4to printed tan-orange wraps. "Price Eight Shillings" on lower end of front cover. pp. 37-72. Seminal paper in the history of physics and biology, but especially important in the theoretical foundation of computer science. Pictures available on request. Fine. no faults, no tears, no chips, no stains. No owner marks. .
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1952. ALAN TURING'S MOST CITED WORK TURING, Alan. "THE CHEMICAL BASIS OF MORPHOGENESIS." A fine first-edition offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B. Biological Sciences, No. 641, Vol. 137, pp. 37-72, 14 August 1952. Published for the Royal Society by the Cambridge University Press, London. Publisher's 1952 offprint, with "Price Eight Shillings" on cover. Many mathematical equations and two figures in text. Quarto, 30 x 23.5 cm, publisher's brick wrappers, title information to upper wrap and spine. Fine. In this, Alan Turing's most heavily-cited work, the pre-eminent mathematician, computer scientist, and hero of WW II turned his brilliant mind towards the biological sciences, proposing a model of pattern-formation that proved seminal in not only biology but also across many scientific fields. In what would be his only published work in the field, Turing addressed a fundamental problem: morphogenesis, the process by which a single cell develops into the… Read More
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