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The Self-Made Tapestry - Pattern Formation In Nature (Paperback, Reissue) Loot Price: R2,330
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The Self-Made Tapestry - Pattern Formation In Nature (Paperback, Reissue)

Philip Ball

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The latest addition to the growing body of popular literature about the scientific study of complexity explains why similar patterns recur in widely different contexts in nature - why, for example, the stripes on the skin of a tropical fish resemble the pattern of ripples on the windblown sandy surface of the desert. The most intriguing features of the natural world, including life itself, seem to exist in a state bordering on chaos, where patterns are created by the flow of energy through a system, whether an ecosystem or the rippling sand. This is one of the clearest accounts so far of a new branch of science in the making. (Kirkus UK)
This book explains why nature's patterns - the markings on animals, windblown ripples of sand, the forms of water in motion - are woven by self-organization, through simple, local interactions between their component parts. The products of self-organization are universal patterns: spirals, spots, and stripes, branches, honeycombs. This beautifully illustrated book will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered about the patterns and symmetries that appear all around us in nature, in science, even in our own bodies.

General

Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2001
First published: October 2001
Authors: Philip Ball
Dimensions: 246 x 189 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 287
Edition: Reissue
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-850243-2
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > General
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LSN: 0-19-850243-5
Barcode: 9780198502432

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