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A book to help the reader look at the world with fresh eyes, seeing order and form in places they'd least expect: from crystals and chemical reactions to butterfly wings, leopard spots and even entire ecosystems.
Synopsis
Philip Ball explores the science of the shapes we see in nature, revealing how, from the stripes of a zebra to the development of a snowflake or even a human embryo, there is a pattern-forming tendency in the basic processes of nature, and from a few simple themes, and the repetition of simple rules, endless beautiful variations can arise.
