| #2210114 in Books | 2001-09-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.06 x.79 x7.87l, | File Name: 0297607235 | 224 pages
||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| An Illustrated Tour of Mathematical Patterns in Nature.|By mirasreviews|In "What Shape Is a Snowflake?: Magical Numbers in Nature", author Ian Stewart uses a quest to understand why snowflakes form in unique six-sided designs to take the reader on a tour of mathematical patterns in nature. "Snowflakes are a showcase for the mathematics of pattern formation," he says. "What Sha|From the Back Cover|PRAISE FOR STEWART'S FLATTERLAND |The most exciting book I have read this year...truly amazing.| --A.S. Byatt |A book in which the hard science is as gripping as the fiction...one for anyone with an interest in where science comes f
Think of the stripes of a zebra and the complexities of a spider's web. Think of a snowflake...These are natural patterns that have been recognized for centuries, and they can all be accounted for mathematically. In this enlightening book, Ian Stewart shows how life on Earth develops not simply from the outworkings of genetic processes, but also from the principles of mathematics. The result is a visually compelling guide to the links between mathematics and the natural...
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