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This book explains how nature's patterns are formed through self-organization, which is a process where the component parts of a system interact to create a pattern. These patterns can be seen in everything from animal markings to the waves on a beach. The book is full of beautiful illustrations and is sure to appeal to anyone who is curious about the patterns and symmetries that appear in nature.
This book explains why nature's patterns - the markings on animals, windblown ripples of sand, the forms of water in motion - are woven by self-organization, through simple, local interactions between their component parts. The products of self-organization are universal patterns: spirals, spots, and stripes, branches, honeycombs. This beautifully illustrated book will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered about the patterns and symmetries that appear all around us in nature, in science, even in our own bodies.
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