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Science 12 March 1965:
Vol. 147. no. 3663, pp. 1294 - 1295
DOI: 10.1126/science.147.3663.1294
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Theoretical Morphology of the Coiled Shell

David M. Raup 1 and Arnold Michelson 2

1 Department of Geology
2 Department of Electrical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

In studying the functional significance of the coiled shell, it is important to be able to analyze the types that do not occur in nature as well as those represented by actual species. Both digital and analog computers are useful in constructing accurate pictures of the types that do not occur.


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