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100 1 $aStewart, Ian,$d1945-
245 10 $aNature's numbers :$bdiscovering order and pattern in the universe /$cIan Stewart.
260 $aLondon :$bPhoenix,$c1998, ©1995.
300 $axii, 192 pages :$billustrations ;$c20 cm
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500 $aOriginally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe virtual unreality machine -- The natural order -- What mathematics is for -- What mathematics is about -- The constants of change -- From violins to videos -- Broke symmetry -- The rhythm of life -- Do dice play God? -- Drops, dynamics and daisies -- Morphomatics.
520 8 $aWhy do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few have six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes but leopards have spots? This book takes the reader on a mathematical sightseeing tour of the natural world.
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