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Branches : Nature's Patterns: a Tapestry in Three Parts by Philip Ball is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Branches : Nature's Patterns: a Tapestry in Three Parts about?

As part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, acclaimed science writer Philip Ball here looks at the form and growth of branching networks in the natural world, and what we can learn from them. Many patterns in nature show a branching form - trees, river deltas, blood vessels, lightning, the cracks that form in the glazing of pots. These networks share a peculiar geometry, finding a compromise between disorder and determinism, though some, like the hexagonal snowflake or the stones of the Devil's Causeway fall into a rigidly ordered structure. Branching networks are found at every level in biology - from the single cell to the ecosystem. Human-made networks too can come to share the same features, and if they don't, then it might be profitable to make them do so: nature's patterns tend to arise from economical solutions.

Who reads Branches : Nature's Patterns: a Tapestry in Three Parts?

Author

Philip Ball

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9786612382253

Category

science

Subjects

Fiction, Biology, Science

Rating

4.23 / 5 (65 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14