Nature's Patterns
Shapes
(Sprache: Englisch)
Patterns are everywhere in nature - in the ranks of clouds in the sky, the stripes of an angelfish Shapes explains why similar shapes and structures may be found in very different settings.
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Patterns are everywhere in nature - in the ranks of clouds in the sky, the stripes of an angelfish Shapes explains why similar shapes and structures may be found in very different settings.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Nature's Patterns
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1. The Shapes of Things: Pattern and Form; 2. Lessons of the Beehive: Building with Bubbles; 3. Making Waves: Stripes in a Test Tube; 4. Written on the Body: Hiding, Warning and Mimicking; 5. Rhythms of the Wild: Crystal Communities; 6. How Does Your Garden Grow?: The Mathematics of a Daisy; 7. Unfolding the Embryo: The Formation of Body Plans; Bibliography
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Autoren-Porträt von Philip Ball
Philip Ball is a freelance writer and a consultant editor for Nature, where he previously worked as an editor for physical sciences. He is a regular commentator in the scientific and popular media on science and its interactions with art, history and culture. His ten books on scientific subjects include The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature, H2O: A Biography of Water, The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science, and Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another, which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. He was awarded the 2006 James T. Grady - James H. Stack award by the American Chemical Society for interpreting chemistry for the public. Philip studied chemistry at Oxford and holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Bristol.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Philip Ball
- 2009, 308 Seiten, Maße: 14 x 21,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199237964
- ISBN-13: 9780199237968
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Englisch
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Wideranging, intelligent and non-dogmatic trilogy of books. Martin Kemp, Times Literary Supplement Philip Ball gives us some very interesting food for thought. Mark Ronan, Standpoint Ball has opened a welcome window on a little-understood but thought-provoking aspect of the making of the natural world. Alan Cane, Financial Times Fascinating detail. The Economist
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