{"slug":"thinker-d-arcy-wentworth-thompson","verification":{"valid":true,"entries":3,"head":"b4a8141bdc272f66271b6be947fae6dd9cc646d54f93e9489d2ce04df014eec1"},"count":3,"sources":[{"id":"s1","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson","title":"D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson - Wikipedia","quote":"The central theme of the book is that biologists of its author's day overemphasized evolution as the fundamental determinant of the form and structure of living organisms, and underemphasized the roles of physical laws and mechanics.","summary":"Summarizes the core thesis of On Growth and Form.","claim_ids":["c1"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-07T06:58:58.267Z","link_status":"ok","quote_status":"unverified","prev":"genesis","hash":"4c4cefa62dcca90ef66b71f243c0e5ac671f048abaa847b08a4546cdd6514b5d"},{"id":"s2","type":"other","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson","title":"D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson - Wikipedia","quote":"He showed the similarity in the forms of jellyfish and the forms of drops of liquid falling into viscous fluid, and between the internal supporting structures in the hollow bones of birds and well-known engineering truss designs. He described phyllotaxis (numerical relationships between spiral structures in plants) and its relationship to the Fibonacci sequence.","summary":"Lists specific comparative examples from the book.","claim_ids":["c2","c3"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-07T06:58:58.267Z","link_status":"ok","quote_status":"unverified","prev":"4c4cefa62dcca90ef66b71f243c0e5ac671f048abaa847b08a4546cdd6514b5d","hash":"c03bfa57360771d036ca3d90a5c25fd31860863302d30eb518f1a0d63afb3c4e"},{"id":"s3","type":"other","url":"https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2017/10/are-all-fish-the-same-shape-if-you-stretch-them-the-victorian-tale-of-on-growth-and-form/","title":"Are All Fish the Same Shape if You Stretch Them? - Stephen Wolfram Writings","quote":"A look at D’Arcy Thompson, his book of ideas on biological growth and form based on mathematics and physics.","summary":"Contextualizes Thompson's contribution relative to later mathematical biology.","claim_ids":["c4"],"found_by":"grok/grok-4.3","extra":{},"accessed_at":"2026-07-07T06:58:58.267Z","link_status":"ok","quote_status":"unverified","prev":"c03bfa57360771d036ca3d90a5c25fd31860863302d30eb518f1a0d63afb3c4e","hash":"b4a8141bdc272f66271b6be947fae6dd9cc646d54f93e9489d2ce04df014eec1"}]}