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The self-made tapestry : pattern formation in nature / Philip Ball.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ball, Philip, 1962- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pattern formation (Biology).
- Symmetry.
- Geometry in nature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 287 pages) illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book explains how nature's patterns - the markings on animals, windblown ripples of sand, the forms of water in motion - are woven by self-organization, through simple, local interactions between their component parts.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-281) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-02030-2
- 0-19-158594-7
- 0-585-18348-1
- OCLC:
- 1406781095
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