What Shape Is a Snowflake? Magical Numbers in Nature

Stewart, Ian

ISBN 10: 0297607235 / ISBN 13: 9780297607236

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2001

About this Item

224pp., Pictorial illustrated dustjacket covered in removable protective clear plastic, matching illustrated laminated boards, decorated eps., col. illust. title-page, preface by author, col. plts. & illust. & text, diags., gloss., index, ack. Elegantly illustrated, What Shape is a Snowflake? is an illuminating and engaging vision of how the apparently cold laws of mathematics find expression in the beauty of nature. Size: Wide Octavo.

Seller Inventory # 003905

Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Shape Is a Snowflake? Magical Numbers in Nature
• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297607235
• ISBN 13: 9780297607236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Think of the stripes of a zebra and the complexities of a spider s web. Think of a snowflake… These are natural patterns that have been recognized for centuries, and they can all be accounted for mathematically. In this enlightening book, Ian Stewart shows how life on Earth develops not simply from the outworkings of genetic processes, but also from the principles of mathematics. The result is a visually compelling guide to the links between mathematics and the natural world a beautiful journey through the fields of science, mathematics, history and art.

About the Author

Ian Stewart was awarded the 1995 Michael Faraday Medal by the Royal Society for the year s most significant contribution to the public understanding of science. He is Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre at the University of Warwick. Previous publications include Does God Play Dice? and The Magical Maze.