Nature's Numbers
Discovering Order and Pattern in the Universe
$55.30
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
28 February 1999
Summary
Why do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes but leopards have spots? Mathematics is to nature as Sherlock Holmes is to evidence. Mathematics can look at a single snowflake and deduce the atomic geometry of its crystals; it can start with a violin string and uncover the existence of radio waves. And mathematics still has the power to open our eyes to new and unsuspected regularities - the sec…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753805305 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753805308 |
| Author: | Ian Stewart |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 28 February 1999 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Science Masters |
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About The Author
Ian Stewart
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.
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