Cowe, Russell J., fl1969 (computer scientist, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Edinburgh)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File titled 'Computer Graphics', relating to Waddington and Russell Cowe's work on computer simulation of snail shell patterns, 1968-1969
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/10/12
Scope and Contents
Contains draft typescripts titled 'Computer Simulation of a Not Too Obviously Simple Biological Pattern' [also called 'Computer Simulation of a Molluscan Pigmentation Pattern'] by Waddington and Cowe and a typescript entitled 'Simulation of the Growth of Shell Pigment' by Cowe. The material also contains various prints of the computerised patterns.
Dates:
1968-1969
File titled 'Shells', 1971-1973
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/10/50
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence relating to Waddington's research into pigmentation on shells, particularly Oliva porphyria. Also contains some photographic and illustrative material depicting the shells and the computer-simulated patterns, and a photocopy of a typescript of the article by Waddington and Cowe which was published under the title 'Computer simulation of a molluscan pigmentation pattern', in the Journal of Theoretical Biology. 25,...
Dates:
1971-1973
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