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1、PageiiiTheSelf-MadeTapestryPatternformationinnaturePhilipBallOXFORD•NEWYORK•TOKYOOXFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS1999PageivOxfordUniversityPress,GreatClarendonStreet,OxfordOX26DPOxfordNewYorkAthensAucklandBangkokBogotaBombayBuenosAiresCalcuttaCapeTownDaresSalaamDelhiFlorenceHongKongIs
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6、isconditionbeingimposedonthesubsequentpurchaser.AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataBall,Philip,1962–Theself-madetapestry:patternformationinnature/PhilipBall.Includesbibliographicalreferences.1.Patternform
7、ation(Biology)2.Symmetry.1.Title.QH491.B351999571.3–dc2198–16650ISBN0198502443(Hbk)TypesetbyEXPOHoldings,MalaysiaPrintedinGreatBritainbyBathPressLtd,BathPagevPrefaceAsIwasclosetocompletingthisbook,IfoundmyselfwatchingthesungodownfromanemptybeachinwestWales.Theskywaslividwit
8、hsalmon-colouredbandsofclouds.Theshorewasbeingwashedwiththesteadypulseofthesea,and