What shape is a snowflake?
By: Ian Stewart.
Publisher: W.H. Freedman
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Biomathematics; Symmetry; Mathematics in nature; Natural history; Pattern perception
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part One: Principles & Patterns; title: 1 The Puzzle; title: 2 Nature's Patterns; title: 3 What is a Pattern?; title: Part Two: The Mathematical World; title: 4 One Dimension; title: 5 Mirror Symmetry; title: 6 Rotational Symmetry; title: 7 Tiling Patterns; title: 8 Spots & Stripes; title: 9 Three Dimensions; title: 10 Scale & Spirals; title: 11 Time; title: Part Three: Simplicity & Complexity; title: 12 Complexity & Catastrophe; title: 13 Fractal Geometry; title: 14 Order in Chaos; title: 15 Laws of Nature; title: 16 The Answer; title: Glossary; title: Further Reading; title: Index; title: Acknowledgements.