Illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Crinkling at the head of the spine panel and curling along the top edge of the front cover. Stains on a portion of the top edge. Contents are fine and unread. Near fine condition in near fine dust jacket. ; Color and black-and-white illustrations; Large 8vo.; vi, 286 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: THE SELF-MADE TAPESTRY: PATTERN FORMATION IN NATURE
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0198502443
ISBN 13: 9780198502449
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: NF
Dust Jacket Condition: NF

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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.

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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