Nature's patterns:a tapestry in three parts
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Oxford University Press,
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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. |