Mysterious Patterns: Finding Fractals in Nature

by Sarah C. Campbell

Book Overview

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.

Young readers will be fascinated to learn that broccoli florets are fractals--just like mountain ranges, river systems, and trees--and will share...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620916274
• ISBN13: 9781620916278
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Astra Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.2" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5