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Title
Patterns in nature : why the natural world looks the way it does (38528)
Physical Illustrated
Audience Teacher/Professional (T)
Collection Professional Library
Synopsis "[Presents picture] galleries of nature's most ingenious designs, from leopards to leaves and from snails to stars, while also exploring the science behind the ... diversity of patterns in the natural world."—Back cover.
Author Ball, Philip
Dimensions 26 cm
ISBN# 9780226332420
Contents Symmetry: why your left is like your right (and why it's different) -Fractals: why mountains look like molehills -Spirals: why there's maths in snails and sunflowers -Flow: patterns in motion -Waves and dunes: how to make a chemical clock -Bubbles and foam: why bees know best and froth inspires architects -Arrays and tilings: why crystals aren't five-sided -and how to make impossible ones that are -Cracks: how things fall apart, and how a giant made his staircase -Spots and stripes: how the zebra paints its coat.
Stmt Resp Philip Ball.
Subjects Biology; Geometry; Nature; Physical sciences
Call# 500.2 BAL
Holdings
Book 1 copy
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