Nature's patterns : a tapestry in three parts

• Tác giả: Philip Ball
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0199237980
• ISBN-13: 978-0199237982
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 500.201185 Physical sciences
• Thông tin xuất bản: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Mô tả vật lý: ix, 221 pages : , illustrations, ; , 20 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Khoa học tự nhiên
• ID: 157581
• Chủ đề: 1. Chaotic behavior in systems; 2. Pattern formation (Biology); 3. Pattern formation (Physical sciences)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

As part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, acclaimed science writer Philip Ball here looks at the form and growth of branching networks in the natural world, and what we can learn from them.