The Mathematics of the Universe

Spheres, pentagons, hexagons, spirals, fractals. They disguise themselves as animals, galaxies, planets or flowers in the immensity of the universe. Nature hides numerous mathematical forms among its wonders: in cobwebs, sea snails, pine cones or Romanesque broccoli and many other of its inert creatures and objects. In this book we will discover the geometries and m agic numbers of the m on.