The Self-made Tapestry: Pattern Formation In Nature

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GREAT OVERVIEW OF PATTERN FORMATION. FOR THE LAYMAN. LITTLE MATH. APPENDICES ARE NICE. PERHAPS MORE COULD HAVE BEEN SAID ABOUT SYMMETRY BREAKING. BUT, OVERALL, GREAT BOOK. VERY WELL WRITTEN AND ENGAGING.

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Document file:///C|/The_Self-Made_Tapestry/[email protected]=27411&Filename=Cover.html [26-8-2008 22:17:06] Document Page iii The Self-Made Tapestry Pattern formation in nature Philip Ball OXFORD • NEW YORK • TOKYO OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1999 file:///C|/The_Self-Made_Tapestry/[email protected]=27411&Filename=III.html [26-8-2008 22:17:07] Document Page iv Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Bombay Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madras Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi Paris Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Oxford is a trade mark of Oxford University Press Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Philip Ball, 1999 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press. Within the UK, exceptions are allowed in respect of any fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of l