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  Branches: Nature's Patterns a Tapestry in Three Parts
  

  by P. Ball

  ISBN 0199237980 (0-19-923798-0)
  Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr

  
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  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. [via]

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  Elegant Solutions : Ten Beautiful Experiments in Chemistry
  

  by P. Ball

  ISBN 0854046747 (0-85404-674-7)
  Hardcover, Radcliffe Publishing

  
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  Proceedings of the Seventh SMESME International Conference : Stimulating Manufacturing Excellence in Small & Medium Enterprises: 12-15 June 2005 University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  

  by P. Ball , Umit S. Bititci, Jill C. MacBryde, University of Strathclyde Staff

  ISBN 0947649379 (0-947649-37-9)
  Softcover, University of Strathclyde, Scottish School of Further Education

  
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    Softcover, University of Strathclyde, Scottish School of Further Education