Self-Made Tapestry Pattern Formation in Nature

Name: Self-Made Tapestry Pattern Formation in Nature
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ISBN: 9780198502432

ISBN-10: 0198502435

ISBN-13: 9780198502432

Edition: 2001

Authors: Philip Ball

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Why do similar patterns and forms appear in nature in settings that seem to bear no relation to one another? The windblown ripples of desert sand follow a sinuous course that resemles the stripes of a zebra or a marine fish. In the trellis-like shells of microscopic sea creatures we see the same angles and intersections as for bubble walls in a foam. The forks of lightning mirror the branches of a river or a tree. l This book explains why these are no coincidences. Nature commonly weaves its tapestry by self-organization, employing no master plan or blueprint but by simple, local interactions between its component parts - be they grains of sand, diffusing molecules or living cells - give…

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List price: $89.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/18/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.72" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English




Patterns



Bubbles



Waves



Bodies



Branches



Breakdowns



Fluids



Grains



Communities



Principles


Appendices


Bibliography


Index