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The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature (Ball, Philip)

Reuben Rudman

Department of Chemistry, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530

J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77 (4), p 450

DOI: 10.1021/ed077p450.2

Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2000

Abstract

Pattern formation in chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, geology, cosmology, urban planning, atmospheric dynamics, and mineralogy are but some of the areas covered by the author, who shows us how similar patterns arising in different circumstances are interrelated.

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