Campbell, Sarah C.,

Mysterious patterns : finding fractals in nature / Patterns Sarah C. Campbell ; photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell. - 1st ed. - Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Boyds Mills Press, c2014. - 30 p. : illus. (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cm.

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.

ISBN: 1620916274 9781620916278 9781620916278 (hrd) 1620916274 (hrd)

LCCN: 2013951286

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pattern perception
Shapes
Nature
Mathematics in nature
Shape.
Nature.
Fractals
Mathematics in nature.
Nature.
Pattern perception.
Shapes.
Fractales.
Matemáticas en la naturaleza.

LC Class. No.: QA445.5 / .C37 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 516/.15 516/.15