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Shapes : Nature's patterns.
Patterns are everywhere in nature - in the ranks of clouds in the sky, the stripes of an angelfish, the arrangement of petals in flowers. Where does this order and regularity come from? It creates itself. The patterns we see come from self-organization. Whether living or non-living, scientists have...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Shapes; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 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 Bod: 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; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; Plates.