Shapes: Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts

by Philip Ball

Book Overview

Patterns are everywhere in nature - in the ranks of clouds in the sky, the stripes of an angelfish, the arrangement of petals in flowers. Where does this order and regularity come from? It creates itself. The patterns we see come from self-organization. Whether living or non-living, scientists have found that there is a pattern-forming tendency inherent in the basic structure and processes of nature, so that from a few simple themes, and the repetition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019960486X
• ISBN13: 9780199604869
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"