Branches
Nature's patterns: a tapestry in three parts
Philip Ball
ISBN: | 9780191579837 |
Publisher: | OUP Oxford |
Published: | 10 September, 2009 |
Format: | eBook |
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Branches
Nature's patterns: a tapestry in three parts
Philip Ball
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 snowflak
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