Flow: Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts

Ball, Philip

ISBN 10: 0199237972 / ISBN 13: 9780199237975

Published by Oxford University Press, 2009

About this Item

Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. 3/4 inch tear at lower front spine of dust jacket and a second tear 2 1/4 inches at lower leading edge. 4 short cuts across DJ's leading edges on both front and rear covers. Shadow of an erased mark on upper first title page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flow: Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199237972
• ISBN 13: 9780199237975
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: First printing.
• Condition: Very GOOD
• Dust Jacket Condition: ACCEPTABLE
• Seller catalogs:
  • NATURE

About this title

Synopsis

An illuminating look at the patterns of movement in nature, from the swirling Great Spot on Jupiter to the curved ripples in beach sand.

About the Author

Philip Ball is a freelance writer and a consultant editor for Nature, where he previously worked as an editor for physical sciences. He is a regular commentator in the scientific and popular media on science and its interactions with art, history and culture. His ten books on scientific subjects include The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature, H2O: A Biography of Water, The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science, and Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another, which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. He was awarded the 2006 James T. Grady - James H. Stack award by the American Chemical Society for interpreting chemistry for the public. Philip studied chemistry at Oxford and holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Bristol.