They were referring to this distinction: "Organic form itself is found, mathematically speaking, to be a function of time.... We might call the form of an orga

They were referring to this distinction: "Organic form itself is found, mathematically speaking, to be a function of time.... We might call the form of an organism an event in space-time, and not merely a configuration in space." - D'ary Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Arcy_Wentworth_Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Growth_and_Form https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Growth_and_Form