The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern formation in nature
by Ball, Philip
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: foxing/toning to endpapers, else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG+: clean, not clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0198502443
- ISBN 13
- 9780198502449
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: foxing/toning to endpapers, else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG+: clean, not clipped. 8vo 287pp. from front flap: "Why do similar patterns and forms appear in nature in settings that seem to bear no relation to one another? The windblown ripples of desert sand follow a sinuous course that resembles the stripes of a zebra or a marine fish. In the trellis-like shells of microscopic sea creatures we see the same angles and intersections as for bubble walls in a foam. The forks of lightning mirror the branches of a river or a tree. This book explains why these are not coincidences. Nature commonly weaves its tapestry by self-organization, employing no master plan or blueprint but instead simple, local interactions between its component parts--be they grains of sand, diffusing molecules or living cells. And the products of self-organization are typically universal patterns: spirals, spots, and stripes, branches, honeycombs. This book explains, in non-technical language, and with profuse illustrations, how nature's patterns are made." #02514.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2449
- Title
- The Self-Made Tapestry
- Author
- Ball, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: foxing/toning to endpapers, else clean, square, tight, unmarked
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG+: clean, not clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198502443
- ISBN 13
- 9780198502449
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- patterns, nature, art, nonfiction, first edition
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Matthew's Books LLC
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About Matthew's Books LLC
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