Patterns in Nature - Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does

This is a well curated book. You can dive in each pic and dive deeper in clear descriptions for each sections. Loved it because it answered my curiousness towards patterns in nature. The thick hardbound, photographic papers and the complete feel of the book is like a treasure in your hand.

The book in its commanding space is pictorial. You view in page after page, after page magnificent patterns gloriously colored and you are amazed at the beauty and creativity of nature. The text is lean, but elegant and insightful and describes the mathematical underpinnings of nature's patterns. Behind the appearance of an overwhelming diversity and complexity in the natural world there is an underlying order. Natural patterns are formed spontaneously from the forces that act on the natural world and can be described using the same mathematical and physical principles. This is the reason that very often the same types of pattern recur in places that seem to have nothing in common, as when the patterns of vein in leaves are similar to that of our blood vessels and more distantly when the stripes of a zebra resemble the ripples in sand dunes. A gem of a book, very strongly recommended.

…zum Abschalten, Nachdenken. Ich bekomme daraus viele Denkanstöße und genieße wirklich die wunderschönen Bilder. In den Quellen gibt der Autor auch Hinweise, wo man mehr über Muster in der Natur (klassischen Werke) erfahren kann. Die Sprache (englisch) ist manchmal ein bisschen kompliziert.

Es muy interesante además de estético, ... recomiendo su lectura. Se puede aprender

Excellent explanations matched with fascinating images. I bought this book with the expectation that many natural patterns would be revealed. The book exceeded expectations. I’m a retired technical writer with a growing digital photography hobby. Having literally sailed around the world in a lengthy military career I am fascinated by the shapes and patterns in nature. In my other career, as a conveyor of facts and technical explanations, I was pleased with the author’s scientific and mathematical details. The images are worth the book’s cost. The theory and science are “added value”. If you’re a photographer of any genre, especially one who appreciates closeup or macro images, you will loiter over many beautiful images in this book. The photography is superb. The history of scientific efforts to explain nature’s patterns is enlightening.

I was looking for inspiration for textile art and nature provides it I. So many forms. Fantastic photography and informative text