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The beauty of numbers in nature : mathematical patterns and principles from the natural world / Ian Stewart.
Van Pelt Library Q172.5.C45 S73 2017
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LIBRA Q172.5.C45 S73 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stewart, Ian, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pattern formation (Physical sciences).
- Pattern formation (Biology).
- Geometry in nature.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- MIT Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2017.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Principles & Patterns 8
- 1 The Puzzle 9
- 2 Nature's Patterns 14
- 3 What is a Pattern? 28
- Part 2 The Mathematical World 38
- 4 One Dimension 39
- 5 Mirror Symmetry 48
- 6 Rotational Symmetry 60
- 7 Tiling Patterns 72
- 8 Spots & Stripes 86
- 9 Three Dimensions 102
- 10 Scale & Spirals 118
- 11 Time 130
- Part 3 Simplicity & Complexity 146
- 12 Complexity & Catastrophe 147
- 13 Fractal Geometry 158
- 14 Order in Choas 172
- 15 Laws of Nature 192
- 16 The Answer 208.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262534284
- 0262534282
- OCLC:
- 978286390
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