Nature's Numbers: the Unreal Reality of Mathematics
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Publish date: 12/01/1999
Description:
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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