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As I have said, the standard singularity theories of shape fail to give an understanding of biological morphology and manufacturing design. As an example of this, we will show how René Thom’s Catastrophe Theory fails. However, I will first state this:
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Leyton, M. (2012). The Inadequacy of Catastrophe Theory for Morphology. In: Process Grammar: The Basis of Morphology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1815-3_7
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