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The Mathematics of Life by Ian Stewart and Life’s Other Secret: The New Mathematics of the Living World by Ian Stewart

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Pastor, J. The Mathematics of Life by Ian Stewart and Life’s Other Secret: The New Mathematics of the Living World by Ian Stewart . Math Intelligencer 34, 69–71 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-011-9262-z

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