THE BEAUTY OF NUMBERS IN NATURE

Think of a zebras stripes, the complexities of a spiders web, the uniformity of desert dunes, or the spirals in a sunflower head think of a snowflake.The Beauty of Numbers in Nature shows how life on Earth forms the principles of mathematics. Starting with the simplest patterns, each chapter looks at a different kind of patterning system and the mathematics that underlies it. In doing so t he book also uncovers some universal patterns, both in nature and man-made, from the basic geometry of ancient Greece to the visuall y startling...[Llegir més]