Mysterious patterns : finding fractals in nature / Sarah C. Campbell ; photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell.
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TextPublisher: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First editionDescription: 30 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781620916278; 1620916274Other title: PatternsSubject(s): Pattern perception -- Juvenile literature | Shapes -- Juvenile literature | Nature -- Juvenile literature | Mathematics in nature -- Juvenile literature | Shape | NatureDDC classification: 516/.15 LOC classification: QA445.5 | .C34 2014Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description Summary: Nature's repeating patterns, better known as fractals, are beautiful, universal, and explain much about how things grow. Fractals can also be quantified mathematically. Here is an elegant introduction to fractals through examples that can be seen in parks, rivers, and our very own backyards. Readers will be fascinated to learn that broccoli florets are fractals just like mountain ranges, river systems, and trees and will share in the wonder of math as it is reflected in the world around us. Perfect for any elementary school classroom or library, Mysterious Patterns is an exciting interdisciplinary introduction to repeating patterns.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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Nature's repeating patterns, better known as fractals, are beautiful, universal, and explain much about how things grow. Fractals can also be quantified mathematically. Here is an elegant introduction to fractals through examples that can be seen in parks, rivers, and our very own backyards. Readers will be fascinated to learn that broccoli florets are fractals just like mountain ranges, river systems, and trees and will share in the wonder of math as it is reflected in the world around us. Perfect for any elementary school classroom or library, Mysterious Patterns is an exciting interdisciplinary introduction to repeating patterns.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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