Code: 11418029
Nature's Numbers
by Ian Stewart
Why do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few have six or seven? Why do snowflakes have six-fold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes, but leopards spots? Science writer Ian Stewart suggests mathematical regularities ... more
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English - Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Basic Books, 1997
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Why do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few have six or seven? Why do snowflakes have six-fold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes, but leopards spots? Science writer Ian Stewart suggests mathematical regularities in natural forms and explains why math is the best tool yet for understanding the world around us. Illustrations.
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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Mathematics Philosophy of mathematics
25.70 €
- Full title: Nature's Numbers
- Author: Ian Stewart
- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 176
- EAN: 9780465072743
- ISBN: 0465072747
- ID: 11418029
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Weight: 174 g
- Dimensions: 202 × 129 × 11 mm
- Date of publishing: 23. August 1997
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