The curves of life : 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 / by Theodore Andrea Cook.

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The curves of life : 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 / by Theodore Andrea Cook.