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What shape is a snowflake?

eBook, English, 2001
W.H. Freedman, New York, 2001
1 online resource (224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color))
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Machine generated contents note: Part One: Principles & Patterns
1 The Puzzle
2 Nature's Patterns
3 What is a Pattern?
Part Two: The Mathematical World
4 One Dimension
5 Mirror Symmetry
6 Rotational Symmetry
7 Tiling Patterns
8 Spots & Stripes
9 Three Dimensions
10 Scale & Spirals
11 Time
Part Three: Simplicity & Complexity
12 Complexity & Catastrophe
13 Fractal Geometry
14 Order in Chaos
15 Laws of Nature
16 The Answer
Glossary
Further Reading
Index
Acknowledgements
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