Blackwell UK
What Shape is a Snowflake?
ISBN: 9780297607236
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Think of a zebra's stripes, the complexities of a spider's web, the uniformity of ocean waves and desert dunes, a flock of starlings wheeling about in the evening sky, or spirals in a sunflower head...think of a snowflake.
These and other natural patterns have been recognized by scientists for centuries, and they can all be accounted for mathematically. What Shape is a Snowflake…
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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 world - a beautiful journey through the fields of science, mathematics, history and art.
