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==Influence== For his revised ''On Growth and Form'', Thompson was awarded the [[Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal]] from the [[United States National Academy of Sciences]] in 1942.<ref name=Elliot>{{cite web | title=Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal | url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_elliot | publisher=National Academy of Sciences | access-date=16 February 2011}}</ref> ''On Growth and Form'' has inspired thinkers including the biologists [[Julian Huxley]] and [[Conrad Hal Waddington]], the mathematician [[Alan Turing]] and the anthropologist [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]]. The book has powerfully influenced architecture and has long been a set text on architecture courses.<ref name=Beesley>{{cite book |last1=Beesley |first1=Philip |last2=Bonnemaison |first2=Sarah |title=On Growth and Form: Organic Architecture and Beyond |url=http://www.philipbeesleyarchitect.com/publications/ogf/ogf_sample.pdf |publisher=Tuns Press and Riverside Architectural Press |date=2008 |isbn=978-0-929112-54-1 |pages=7 and passim |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024028/http://www.philipbeesleyarchitect.com/publications/ogf/ogf_sample.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''On Growth and Form'' has inspired artists including [[Richard Hamilton (artist)|Richard Hamilton]], [[Eduardo Paolozzi]], and [[Ben Nicholson]].<ref name=About>{{cite web |title=About D'Arcy |url=http://www.darcythompson.org/about.html |website=D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson |access-date=14 October 2016}}</ref> In 2011 the [[University of Dundee]] was awarded a £100,000 grant by [[The Art Fund]] to build a collection of art inspired by his ideas and collections, much of which is displayed in the [[D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum]] in Dundee.<ref name=Museum>{{cite web | title=The D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum | url=http://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/collections/zoology/ | publisher=[[University of Dundee]] | access-date=28 February 2013 | archive-date=31 December 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231064759/http://www.dundee.ac.uk/museum/collections/zoology/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> To celebrate the centenary of ''On Growth and Form'' numerous events were staged around the world, including New York, Amsterdam, Singapore, London, Edinburgh, St Andrews and in [[Dundee]] where the book was written. The ''On Growth and Form 100'' website was set up in late 2016 to map all of this activity.<ref name=Website>{{cite web | title="On Growth and Foerm 100 | url=https://www.ongrowthandform.org/ | publisher=[[University of Dundee]] | access-date=15 March 2017}}</ref>
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