Nature's Numbers

Nature's Numbers Discovering Order and Pattern in the Universe - Science Masters

Hardback (04 Sep 1995)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Why do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few have six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes but leopards have spots? This book takes the reader on a mathematical sightseeing tour of the natural world.

Book information

ISBN: 9780297816423
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub date:
DEWEY: 510.1
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 164
Weight: 420g
Height: 242mm
Width: 150mm