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Collected Works of A.M. Turing: Morphogenesis (preface)

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I typed in the preface to Morphogenesis, and scanned the drawing inside the front cover by Alan Turing's mother of her son watching the daisies grow.

Hockey or Watching the Daisies Grow: https://i.imgur.com/AX6Bg9q.jpg

Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912-1954. Morphogenesis / edited by P. T. Saunders. p. cm. -- (Collected works of A. M. Turing, Volume 3). Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 444 88486 6. 1. Plant morphogenesis. 2. Plant morphogenesis -- Mathematical models. 3. Phyllotaxis. 4. Phyllotaxis -- Mathematical models. (C) 1992 Elsevier Science Publishers B. V. All Rights Reserved.

https://books.google.nl/books?id=GX7NCgAAQBAJ&pg=PR8&lpg=PR8

Watching the daisies grow: Turing and Biology

http://tokillamachine.co.uk/alan-turing/watching-the-daisies...