The self-made tapestry : pattern formation in nature
Ball, Philip, 1962-1999
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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.
Main title:
The self-made tapestry : pattern formation in nature / Philip Ball.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Collation:
vi, 287p., [16]p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-281) and index.
ISBN:
9780198502449 (hbk)
Dewey class:
571.3508
Language:
English
BRN:
581502