Nature's Numbers

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

Paperback (02 Sep 1996)

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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: 9781857996487
Publisher: Phoenix
Imprint: Phoenix
Pub date:
DEWEY: 510.1
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 200g
Height: 200mm