Nature's patterns:a tapestry in three parts

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ball Philip, 1962-
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: 308 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780199237968 (hbk.)
0199237964 (hbk.)
Index Number: N0
CLC: N0
Call Number: N0/B187-1
Contents: "Nature's patterns is a trilogy composed of Shapes, Flow, and Branches."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-301) and index.
The shapes of things : pattern and form -- Lessons of the beehive : building with bubbles -- Making waves : stripes in a test tube -- Written on the body : hiding, warning, and mimicking -- Rhythms of the wild : crustal communities -- How does your garden grow? : the mathematics of a daisy -- Unfolding the embryo : the formation of body plans.