Nature's patterns : a tapestry in three parts / / Philip Ball

• Autore: Ball Philip <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 pages)
• Disciplina: 500.201185
• Soggetto topico: Pattern formation (Biology); Pattern formation (Physical sciences); Chaotic behavior in systems
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1: A Winter's Tale: The Six-Pointed Snowflake -- 2: Tenuous Monsters: Shapes between Dimensions -- 3: Just For the Crack: Clean Breaks and Ragged Ruptures -- 4: Water Ways: Labyrinths in the Landscape -- 5: Tree and Leaf: Branches in Biology -- 6: Web Worlds: Why We're All in This Together -- Epilogue: The Threads of the Tapestry: Principles of Pattern -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Philip Ball explores the science of the branching patterns we see in nature, revealing that there is much more to these networks than meets the eye. Whether trees, snowflakes, forked lightning, or systems of arteries and veins, he explains how there are hidden rules at work that can give us extraordinary insights into the nature of life itself.
• Altri titoli varianti: Branches
• Titolo autorizzato: Nature's patterns
• ISBN: 0-19-157983-1; 1-282-38225-X; 9786612382253; 0-19-152875-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807359003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II