Książka Branches Philip Ball

Branches

Autor: Philip Ball
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: 50 % szansa
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As part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, acclaimed science writer...

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Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2009
strony
240
EAN
9780199237982
ISBN
0199237980
Enbook ID
04034594
Waga
416
Wymiary
147 x 222 x 22

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As part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, acclaimed science writer Philip Ball here looks at the form and growth of branching networks in the natural world, and what we can learn from them. Many patterns in nature show a branching form - trees, river deltas, blood vessels, lightning, the cracks that form in the glazing of pots. These networks share a peculiar geometry, finding a compromise between disorder and determinism, though some, like the hexagonal snowflake or the stones of the Devil's Causeway fall into a rigidly ordered structure. Branching networks are found at every level in biology - from the single cell to the ecosystem. Human-made networks too can come to share the same features, and if they don't, then it might be profitable to make them do so: nature's patterns tend to arise from economical solutions.

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