Branches : Nature's patterns: a tapestry in three parts.
Title:
Branches : Nature's patterns: a tapestry in three parts.
Author:
Ball, Philip.
ISBN:
9780191528750
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (236 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1: A Winter's Tale: The Six-Pointed Snowflake -- 2: Tenuous Monsters: Shapes between Dimensions -- 3: Just For the Crack: Clean Breaks and Ragged Ruptures -- 4: Water Ways: Labyrinths in the Landscape -- 5: Tree and Leaf: Branches in Biology -- 6: Web Worlds: Why We're All in This Together -- Epilogue: The Threads of the Tapestry: Principles of Pattern -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Philip Ball explores the science of the branching patterns we see in nature, revealing that there is much more to these networks than meets the eye. Whether trees, snowflakes, forked lightning, or systems of arteries and veins, he explains how there are hidden rules at work that can give us extraordinary insights into the nature of life itself.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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