Nature's Numbers The Unreal Reality of Mathematics

Name: Nature's Numbers The Unreal Reality of Mathematics
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ISBN: 9780465072743

ISBN-10: 0465072747

ISBN-13: 9780465072743

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ian Stewart

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Why do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few have six or seven? Why do snowflakes have six-fold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes, but leopards spots? Science writer Ian Stewart suggests mathematical regularities in natural forms and explains why math is the best tool yet for understanding the world around us. Illustrations.

Book details

List price: $19.99
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 9/13/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Ian Stewart's recent books include (with Terry Pratchett and Jack Cohen) The Science of Discworld IV and (published by Profile) 17 Equations that Changed the World, The Great Mathematical Problems, Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries and Calculating the Cosmos. His app, Incredible Numbers, was published jointly by Profile and Touch Press in 2014.