Nature's patterns : a tapestry in three parts. Branches /
As part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, acclaimed science writer Philip Ball here looks at the form and growth of branching networks in the natural world, and what we can learn from them. Many patterns in nature show a branching form - trees, river deltas, blood ve...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009
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| Series: | Nature's Patterns trilogy ;
pt. 3 |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | As part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, acclaimed science writer Philip Ball here looks at the form and growth of branching networks in the natural world, and what we can learn from them. Many patterns in nature show a branching form - trees, river deltas, blood vessels, lightning, the cracks that form in the glazing of pots. These networks share a peculiar geometry, finding a compromise between disorder and determinism, though some, like the hexagonal snowflake or the stones of the Devil's Causeway fall into a rigidly ordered structure. Branching networks are. |
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| Item Description: | "Nature's Patterns is a trilogy composed of Shapes, Flow, Branches." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (221 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-216) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191528750 0191528757 9780199237982 0199237980 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
