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The Self-made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature - Hardcover

Ball, Philip

 
9780198502449: The Self-made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature

Synopsis

This text explains how nature's patterns - the markings on animals, windblown ripples of sand, the forms of water in motion - are woven by self-organization, through simple, local interactions between their component parts. The products of self-organization are universal patterns: spirals, spots and stripes, branches and honeycombs.

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About the Author


Philip Ball, an editor at Nature since 1988, has written many scientific articles on all topics for the popular press. His first book, Designing the Molecular World, won the American Association of Publishers award for books on chemistry.

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