by Ian Stewart · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781782404712
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«The Beauty of Numbers in Nature» is a popular science book by Ian Stewart, published by Ivy Press as a paperback in English.
Starting from the shape of snowflakes, Ian Stewart explores patterns such as zebra stripes, spider webs, dunes or sunflowers and the mathematics behind them. Each chapter analyzes a type of pattern, from ancient Greek geometry to fractals, and discovers common structures also in human creations.
The full title includes the subtitle «Mathematical patterns and principles from the natural world». It was published in 2017 and has 224 pages.
For enthusiasts of popular science who want to discover the mathematics hidden in natural phenomena.
Ian Nicholas Stewart is a British mathematician and a popular-science, textbooks, and science-fiction books writer. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, England.
